Words That Mean Calm and Soothe
All of these reduce anger or pain, but they differ in what they act on: you assuage a feeling, placate a person, mitigate a punishment.
15 words
- Abateverb
become less in amount or intensity
- Allayverb
lessen the intensity of or calm
- Alleviateverb
provide physical relief, as from pain
- Ameliorateverb
to make better
- Appeaseverb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- Assuageverb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- Extenuateverb
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- Mitigateverb
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- Mollifyverb
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
- Pacifyverb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- Palliateverb
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- Placateverb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- Quellverb
suppress or crush completely
- Reconcileverb
make (one thing) compatible with (another)
- Solacenoun
the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
Study these against
A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside calm and soothe.