humoring

/ˈhjuːmərɪŋ/
noun
  1. 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
  1. 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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