allay, soothe, placate, mollify, appease, sooth, dispel, quell, pacify, alleviate, tamp down, satisfy, reassure, salve, dampen, arouse, ameliorate, squelch, ease, stoke, relieve, rouse, heighten, disabuse, convey, defuse, quash, convince, lessen, undercut, engender, obviate, forestall, counteract, evoke, unnerve, rankle, soften, erase, dissuade, alienate, elicit, banish, deflect, persuade, insulate, satiate, douse, mitigate, ingratiate, inflame, counterbalance, stave off, stem, rile, stirred, undo, instill, provoke, downplay, compensate, undermine, underscore, offset, reconcile, curry favor, unsettle, woo, quench, dilute, galvanize, absolve, sate, stanch, slake, palliate, bolster, irk, negate, infuriate, stymie, exorcise, embarrass, thwart, dupe, sidestep, reawaken, preempt, muffle, aggravate, inoculate, irritate, evince, distract, frighten, tempering, assure, endear, reinforce, debunk, induce, prod, abide, acquaintances, agitators, alter, amaze, arguing, auxiliaries, bakeries, boars, boil, bulldogs, burglars, callers, candy, cease, colonists, controversialists, cops, cosmetics, crooks

comfort

amend, better, calm, calm down, consume, have, improve, ingest, lull, meliorate, quiet, quieten, still, take, take in, tranquilize, tranquillize

conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify