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HUMORING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does humoring mean?
• HUMORING (noun)
The noun HUMORING has 1 sense:
1. the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
Familiarity information: HUMORING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of indulging or gratifying a desire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
humoring; indulgence; indulging; pampering
Hypernyms ("humoring" is a kind of...):
gratification (the act or an instance of satisfying)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "humoring"):
intemperance; intemperateness; self-indulgence (excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence)
excess; overindulgence (excessive indulgence)
binge; orgy; splurge (any act of immoderate indulgence)
Derivation:
humor (put into a good mood)
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