v. stroke soothingly

v. give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

adj. soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe; "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him"

adj. marked by moderate steepness; "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope"

adj. quiet and soothing; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"

adj. having a speaking manner that is not loud or harsh; "she was always soft-spoken"

adj. (quiet)

adj. easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

adj. (tender)

adj. exerting little force or pressure: "the light touch of her fingers"; "a soft rain"; "a gentle breeze"

adj. befitting or characteristic of a maiden; "a maidenly blush"

adj. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"

adj. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

v. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

v. become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

v. make peace with

v. fill or meet a want or need

v. fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

v. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"

v. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"

v. restrain or temper

v. lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

adj. having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

adj. having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"

adj. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"

adj. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep"

adj. not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure; "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self-possession"; "unflappable in a crisis"

adj. compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"

adj. showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

adj. showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was a compassionate act"

adj. being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"

adj. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"

adj. having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"

adj. showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone"

adj. not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country"

adj. responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"

adj. behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner

adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"

adj. having a slanting form or direction; "an area of gently sloping hills"; "a room with a sloping ceiling"

adj. disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will"

adj. (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material; "diffused light"

adj. characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence: "an effeminate civilization"

adj. (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"

adj. out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army"; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks"

adj. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"

adj. having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child"

adj. being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"

adj. indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"

adj. in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"

adj. very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf"

adj. making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices"

adj. characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren

adj. sound of quiet gentle steps

adj. resembling a cat

adj. in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"

adj. making no sound; "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time"- Shakespeare

adj. marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still"

adj. (poetic) still or calm; "in the stilly night"

adj. walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps"

adj. quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and silent"

adj. given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

adj. delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"

adj. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"

adj. faint and difficult to analyze; "subtle aromas"

adj. vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

adj. (of plants) requiring protection from frost; "half-hardy annuals"

adj. having a metaphorically delicate touch; "the translation is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive"- New Yorker

adj. extremely delicate; "an overdelicate digestive system"

adj. lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music"

adj. (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots"

adj. attractively feminine; "the fair sex"

adj. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"

adj. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"

adj. used of competitive activities in which only women take part; "powder-puff baseball"; "a powder-puff football game"

adj. characteristic of late maturity verging on decline; "a serene autumnal mood"

adj. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind"

adj. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

adj. of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"

adj. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"

adj. having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king; "symbolizing kingly power"; "the murder of his kingly guest"

adj. having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch; "monarchical gestures"; "monarchal pomp"

adj. having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner"

adj. having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women"

adj. being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal"

v. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

v. agitate the air

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

adj. full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"

adj. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"

adj. marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"

adj. not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"