humoring

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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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humoring

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

“What’s the harm in humoring him?” the argument went.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2021

Perhaps Mattis has decided to preserve his influence by humoring Trump’s parade envy.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2018

I'm humoring myself because I know what I'll find when we return to the pond where I soaked my leg.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins