All humouring synonyms
huΒ·mour
H h verb humouring
- thumbs up β the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- wink at β to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- assuage β If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
- pacify β to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- soothe β to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- calm β A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- conciliate β If you conciliate someone, you try to end a disagreement with them.
- propitiate β to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
- soft-pedal β to use the soft pedal.
- sweeten β to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
- tranquillize β To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug.
- make peace β the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- make up β the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- win over β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- wow β to gain an enthusiastic response from; thrill.
- kill β to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- afford β If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it.
- overjoy β to cause to feel great joy or delight; elate: It overjoys me to hear of your good fortune. I was overjoyed at her safe arrival.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- score β the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- provide β to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- titillate β to excite or arouse agreeably: to titillate the fancy. Synonyms: rouse, tempt, tease.
- serve β to act as a servant.
- sustain β to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- make the grade β a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- turn on β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- arrange β If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- fascinate β to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- animate β Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
- avail β If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity.
adjective humouring
- complaisant β If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining.
- easy β not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
- emollient β Having the quality of softening or soothing the skin.
- favouring β Present participle of favour.
- good-natured β having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- kind β of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
- letting β Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- live with β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- loving β feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- obliging β willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services, etc.; accommodating: The clerk was most obliging.
- permitting β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- soft-shell β Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
- softhearted β very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- sparing β kept in reserve, as for possible use: a spare part.
- tender β soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- yielding β inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.