All affront antonyms
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A a noun affront
- flattery — the act of flattering.
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- kindness — the state or quality of being kind: kindness to animals.
- right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- appeasement — Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
verb affront
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- assuage — If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
- gratify — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- mollify — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
- placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- flatter — to make flat.
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- satisfy — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.