humorize
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humorize (third-person singular simple present humorizes, present participle humorizing, simple past and past participle humorized)
- (rare, transitive) To humor someone.
- (rare, transitive) To make (an often-serious topic) humorous.
- 2023 February 9, Jon E. Grant, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Impulse: The Science of Sex and Desire, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 38:
- There are hundreds of terms for masturbation in men such as "spanking the monkey" or "charming the snake," which serve to humorize but also to avoid directly discussing the topic.
- 2001, Christopher Edgar, Gary Lenhart, editors, The Teachers & Writers Guide to Classic American Literature, Teachers & Writers, →ISBN, page 267:
- […] that were invented by the servicemen and women to undercut, satirize, humorize, and ironize their bleak situation, and to "evoke the cant of horse-age military supply."
- 2016 December 8, Robert W. Schrauf, Mixed Methods: Interviews, Surveys, and Cross-Cultural Comparisons, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:
- That is, in both subtle and blatant ways, utterances report, assert, confirm, claim, doubt, deny, imply, suggest, hint, request, command, forbid, humorize, belittle, pronounce, decree, and so on.
- 2010 March 11, John W. Edwards III, 2012 Global Warning, iUniverse, →ISBN:
- […] to my family and friends who will understand my candor, my sarcastic licks, intensity in openness and my own unique way to “humorize” life's experiences.
- 2019 November 11, Earl Spivey, Tears of Gethsemane: A Pastor's Journey through Leukemia, Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:
- I was able to humorize the situation and make it not sound so serious to her.