All humoring synonyms

verb humoring

• captivate — If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive.
• tickle — to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
• suffice — to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
• inspire — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
• relax — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
• beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
• distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
• cheer — When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
• regale — to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
• promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
• facilitate — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
• side with — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
• jolly — in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
• cajole — If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.
• blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
• glorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
• oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
• adulate — to flatter or praise obsequiously
• inveigle — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
• grovel — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• bootlick — to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
• massage — the act or art of treating the body by rubbing, kneading, patting, or the like, to stimulate circulation, increase suppleness, relieve tension, etc.
• con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
• soft-soap — Informal. to cajole; flatter.
• overpraise — to praise excessively or unduly.
• content — The contents of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are inside it.
• recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
• requite — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
• fulfill — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
• kowtow — to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
• flatter — to make flat.
• creep — When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
• stoop — to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
• implore — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
• kneel — to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
• crouch — If you are crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly.
• snivel — to weep or cry with sniffling.
• crawl — When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
• truckle — to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
• cower — If you cower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.
• beg — If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
• prostrate — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
• cringe — If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
• revere — to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.
• brown-nose — to curry favor; behave obsequiously.
• pander — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
• cater — In British English, to cater for a group of people means to provide all the things that they need or want. In American English, you say you cater to a person or group of people.
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• immunize — to make immune.