'Humoring' definitions:
Definition of 'humoring'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Humoring'
From: GCIDE
- Humor \Hu"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humored; p. pr. & vb. n. Humoring.]
- 1. To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind. [1913 Webster]
- It is my part to invent, and the musician's to humor that invention. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please. [1913 Webster]
- You humor me when I am sick. --Pope.
- Syn: To gratify; to indulge. See Gratify. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Humoring'
- Humor,
- Humoral,
- Humoralism,
- Humored,
- Humorism,
- Humorize,
- Humorous,
- Humorously,
- Humorousness,
- Out of humor,
- Aqueous humor,
- Crystalline humor,
- Good humor,
- Humoral pathology,
- Ill humor,
- Vitreous humor,
- black humor,
- good humored,
- sense of humor,
- Good humor man,
- Good-humor,
- Good-humored,
- Good-humoredly,
- humoral immune response,
- ill-humor,
- ill-humored,
- crusty curmudgeonly gruff ill-humored ill-humoured