verb
- indulging or going along with someone’s wishes or whims, especially to keep them happy or avoid conflict
Usage: present participle of ‘humor’; British spelling variant
Examples
- She was just humouring her elderly grandfather when she agreed to listen to his war stories again.
- The teacher was humouring the student’s wild theory about dinosaurs.
- I’m not really interested in shopping, but I’m humouring my sister.
- He kept humouring his boss’s unreasonable demands to avoid getting fired.
- The parents were humouring their child’s imaginary friend.
- Stop humouring him and tell him the truth about his singing.