humoring
/ˈhjuːmərɪŋ/
noun
- The act of indulging or accommodating someone's wishes, mood, or behavior, often to keep them calm or happy.
- His constant humoring of his boss's strange ideas made the team's work harder.
- She was tired of humoring her friend's complaints about the same topic every day.
- Humoring a toddler's request for a bedtime story is part of the nightly routine.
verb
- Present participle of humor; to indulge or accommodate someone's mood or wishes.
- They are humoring the client's demands even though they seem unreasonable.
- He is humoring his grandmother by listening to her old stories again.
- The teacher was humoring the student's silly question to avoid an argument.
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