humoring

Other forms of humoring

plural

humorings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about humoring

What does humoring mean?

humoring means "the act of indulging or gratifying a desire".

How many syllables are in humoring?

humoring has 3 syllables: hu-mo-ring. The stress falls on "hu".

What is another word for humoring?

Close synonyms include indulgence, indulging, pampering. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is humoring a common word?

humoring is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.