HUMORING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

humoring 1 of 2

noun

as in indulgence

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verb

present participle of humor

as in indulging

to give in to (a desire) humored her grandfather by listening to his war stories for the hundredth time

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Recent Examples of humoring

Noun

And that particular oppression also made the promise of a black woman president something more than another item on a checklist of firsts or the humoring of a particular interest group. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

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Noun

This recipe for double crust apple pie delivers a mix of tart and sweet along with cinnamon that is crispy, delicious and is worth the indulgence.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Key ingredients include togetherness, relaxation, indulgence, presence and comfort.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of indulgence

Verb

Adults aren’t always used to indulging this kind of curiosity.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
His current employer is Damien Cantor, an authentically sleazy and slippery character who operates under no discernible code beyond indulging a dumb, preening narcissism.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of indulging

Noun

There’s a receptiveness to Helaena that at times can be really funny but also played up the tragedy of her arc this season.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
The team also found that residents in the Sardinian Blue Zone had higher levels of curiosity and receptiveness to new ideas in general, and were more adept at understanding and sharing their emotions.

— Refractor, Refractor, 27 July 2026

Definition of receptiveness

Verb

But all that warm, crowd-pleasing material is incongruously, fascinatingly, and not so comfortably fitted inside a story about great loss.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Keery’s charming delivery of several truth-telling speeches proves that villains don’t get all the juicy, crowd-pleasing moments.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of pleasing

Noun

In her lawsuit, Jane Doe accused the student of having sex with her without her consent alongside another fraternity member and later joining other men in snorting ketamine from her body.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
In the Five Below case, prosecutors allege Eisenhard isolated a 19-year-old female coworker in a stockroom and touched her without her consent.

— Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of consent

Verb

Those were the kinds of things that were musically gratifying to me — being able to put these kinds of pairings together.

— Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026
In a statement, expedition leader Rick Pettigrew called the prospect of examining the object gratifying.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of gratifying

Verb

But there were also drawbacks, mainly a fear of accidentally spoiling certain events that occur in season six.

— Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Without spoiling the big second-act reveal, no one in this play – or in the audience – has an unchallengeable claim on the truth.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026

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