All humouring antonyms
huΒ·mour
H h verb humouring
- discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- exclude β Deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
- expel β Deprive (someone) of membership of or involvement in a school or other organization.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- cheque β A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
- hate β to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- annoy β If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- disappoint β to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
- disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
adjective humouring
- rigid β stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- stern β rear of boat
- unyielding β unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.
- arduous β Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- complex β Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand.
- complicated β If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
- demanding β A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
- difficult β not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- exhausting β Making one feel very tired; very tiring.
- hard β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- impossible β not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- intolerant β not tolerating or respecting beliefs, opinions, usages, manners, etc., different from one's own, as in political or religious matters; bigoted.
- intricate β having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- involved β very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
- laborious β requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- oppressive β burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- strict β characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
- trying β extremely annoying, difficult, or the like; straining one's patience and goodwill to the limit: a trying day; a trying experience.
- uneasy β not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- unhappy β sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- leisurely β acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried; deliberate: a leisurely conversation.
- nonpermissive β habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- relaxed β being free of or relieved from tension or anxiety: in a relaxed mood.
- hateful β arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- merciless β without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- limiting β serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining.
- restrictive β tending or serving to restrict.
- rigorous β characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- severe β harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.