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humoring

ADJECTIVE
easy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flexible soft
WEAK
accommodating amenable benign biddable charitable clement compassionate compliant condoning deceivable deludable dupable easygoing excusing exploitable fleeceable forbearing forgiving gentle gullible indulgent kindly lax lenient liberal light merciful mild moderate mollycoddling naive pampering pardoning spoiling submissive susceptible sympathetic temperate tractable trusting unburdensome unoppressive unsuspicious
Antonyms
STRONGEST
rigid stern unyielding
WEAK
demanding intolerant oppressive strict unpermissive
ADJECTIVE
lenient
Synonyms
STRONGEST
benign compassionate compliant forgiving indulgent sympathetic tolerant
WEAK
allowing amiable assuaging assuasive being big benignant charitable clement complaisant condoning easy easygoing emollient excusing favoring forbearing gentle going easy on good-natured kind kindly letting live with loving merciful mild mollycoddling obliging pampering pardoning permitting soft soft-shell softhearted sparing spoiling tender yielding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hateful merciless
WEAK
hard intolerant limiting restrictive rigorous severe

Example Sentences

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The tail-wagging golden retrievers and teens humoring their parents cleared out of the way.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

As I have grown older, I have come to realize he wasn’t being humored by me as much as he was humoring me.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2022

Ask yourself one question: What’s the downside for humoring me?

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2021

“What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?” a senior Republican official told The Washington Post.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2020

Even if he is humoring her, at least he isn’t a coward.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern