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mellowing
[mel-oh] 
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mellow
[mel-oh]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ripen, mature |
| Synonyms: | age, arrive, develop, grow, grow up, improve, maturate, milden, mollify, perfect, ripe, season, settle down, soften, sweeten |
| Main Entry: | aging |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | becoming older |
| Synonyms: | crumbling, declining, developing, fading, fermenting, getting along, getting on, maturing, mellowing, senescent, slumping, stale, waning, wearing out |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cultivate, prosper |
| Synonyms: | advance, age, enroot, establish, evolve, expand, flourish, foster, grow, grow up, maturate, mature, mellow, progress, promote, ripen, thrive |
| Antonyms: | halt, repress |
| Main Entry: | mature |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become adult, fully grown |
| Synonyms: | advance, age, arrive, attain majority, become experienced, become wise, bloom, blossom, come of age, culminate, develop, evolve, fill out, flower*, grow, grow up, maturate, mellow*, mushroom, perfect, prime, progress, reach adulthood, reach majority, ripen, round, season, settle down, shoot up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mollify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pacify, soothe |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, cushion, decrease, diminish, dulcify, ease, fix up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, take sting out, temper, tranquilize |
| Antonyms: | agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | muffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suppress, make quiet |
| Synonyms: | conceal, cover, cushion, dampen, deaden, decrease, drown, dull, envelop, gag, hide, hush, mellow, mute, muzzle, put the lid on, quieten, shut down, silence, sit down on, smother, soft-pedal, soften, squelch, stifle, subdue, tone down, wrap* |
| Antonyms: | blab, let loose, tell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smooth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make peace |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, cool*, ease, extenuate, facilitate, iron out, mellow, mitigate, mollify, palliate, pat, pave the way, soften, stroke, take the edge off, take the sting out |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, agitate, incite, irritate, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soften |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calm, soothe |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, become tender, bend, cushion, diminish, disintegrate, dissolve, ease, enfeeble, give, knead, lessen, lighten, lower, mash, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, modify, moisten, mollify, palliate, qualify, quell, relax, relent, still, subdue, temper, tenderize, thaw, tone down, turn down, weaken, yield |
| Antonyms: | irritate, trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | subdue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep under control; moderate |
| Synonyms: | bear down, beat down, break, break in, check, conquer, control, crush, defeat, discipline, dominate, drop, extinguish, gentle, get the better of, get the upper hand, get under control, humble, mellow, overcome, overpower, overrun, put down, quash, quell, quench, quiet, quieten, reduce, repress, restrain, shut down, soften, squelch, subjugate, suppress, tame, temper, tone down, trample, triumph over, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | arouse, incite, release, rouse, start |
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