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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check, diminish, lighten |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, come together, cool*, dull, ease, extenuate, lessen, meet halfway, moderate, modify, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, reduce, relieve, remit, soften, soothe, subdue, take the edge off, temper, tone down, tranquilize, weaken |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | palliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gloss over; cover up |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, apologize for, assuage, camouflage, cloak, conceal, condone, cover, diminish, disguise, dissemble, ease, exculpate, excuse, extenuate, gloze, hide, hush up, justify, lessen, lighten, make light of, mask, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, prettify, put on a Band-Aid, qualify, quick fix, relieve, screen, soften, soothe, sugarcoat, temper, varnish, veil, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten, whitewash |
| Antonyms: | accuse, blame, condemn |
| Main Entry: | pleasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delight, happiness |
| Synonyms: | amusement, bliss, buzz*, comfort, contentment, delectation, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, felicity, flash*, fruition, game, gladness, gluttony, gratification, gusto, hobby, indulgence, joie de vivre, joy, joyride, kick*, kicks, luxury, primrose path, recreation, relish, revelry, satisfaction, seasoning, self-indulgence, solace, spice, thrill, titillation, turn-on, velvet*, zest |
| Antonyms: | gloom, melancholy, pain, sadness, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, demeanor |
| Synonyms: | address, air, aspect, aura, bearing, behavior, carriage, comportment, deportment, ease, look, mien, personality, poise, port, seeming, self-assurance, set |
| Main Entry: | prosperity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affluence, good fortune |
| Synonyms: | abundance, accomplishment, advantage, arrival, bed of roses, benefit, boom, clover, do, ease*, easy street, exorbitance, expansion, flying colors, fortune, good, good times, gravy train, growth, high on the hog, increase, inflation, interest, life of luxury, luxury, opulence, plenteousness, plenty, prosperousness, riches, success, successfulness, the good life, thriving, velvet, victory, wealth, welfare, well-being |
| Antonyms: | failure, loss, poorness, poverty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abate, adapt, alter, assuage, change, circumscribe, diminish, ease, limit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, regulate, restrain, soften, temper, vary, weaken |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |
| Antonyms: | allow, be lenient |
| Main Entry: | quell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alleviate, calm |
| Synonyms: | allay, appease, assuage, check, compose, deaden, dull, ease, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reduce, silence, soothe, still |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, agitate, disturb, irritate, perturb |
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness, silence |
| Synonyms: | calm, cessation, dead air, ease, hush, lull, noiselessness, peace, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, rest, serenity, soundlessness, speechlessness, still, stillness, stop, termination, tranquillity |
| Notes: | quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly |
| Antonyms: | clamor, clangor, loudness, noise |
| Main Entry: | readiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill; eagerness |
| Synonyms: | address, adroitness, alacrity, aptness, deftness, dexterity, dispatch, ease, eloquence, expedience, expedition, facility, fitness, fluency, good will, handiness, inclination, keenness, maturity, preparation, preparedness, promptitude, promptness, prowess, quickness, rapidity, ripeness, sleight, volubility, willingness |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, unpreparedness |
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