All provoke antonyms

verb provoke

• quench — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
• anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
• anaesthetising — Present participle of anaesthetise.
• make peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
• humored — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
• mitigate — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
• anaesthetize — When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
• fine tune — to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar.
• humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
• ease off — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• clam up — If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
• downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• anaesthetized — anesthetize.
• moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
• honied — containing, consisting of, or resembling honey: honeyed drinks.
• ease up — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
• inactivate — to make inactive: The bomb was inactivated.
• anaesthetizing — Present participle of anaesthetize.
• dulcify — to make more agreeable; mollify; appease.
• laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
• make the grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
• ease — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• conciliate — If you conciliate someone, you try to end a disagreement with them.
• mediate — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
• lay — to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
• make light of — of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
• iced — of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
• anesthetizing — Present participle of anesthetize.
• content — The contents of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are inside it.
• cool it — If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.
• dulling — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
• whites — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
• gentling — Present participle of gentle.
• quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
• cool off — If someone or something cools off, or if you cool them off, they become cooler after having been hot.
• cool out — to relax and cool down
• dummy up — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
• kiss and make up — be reconciled
• lay back — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• make nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
• allay — If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.
• assuage — If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
• downed — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• fill the bill — a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied: He paid the hotel bill when he checked out.
• balmed — simple past tense and past participle of balm.
• anaesthetise — anesthetize.
• whiting — a slender food fish of the genus Menticirrhus, of the croaker family, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.