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Comforted

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Main Entry: comfort
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make to feel better

Synonyms:

abate, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, bolster, buck up, calm, cheer, commiserate with, compose, condole, confirm, console, delight, divert, ease, encourage, enliven, free, gladden, grant respite, hearten, help, inspirit, invigorate, lighten burden, make well, mitigate, nourish, put at ease, quiet fears, reanimate, reassure, refresh, relieve, remedy, revitalize, revive, salve, soften, solace, soothe, strengthen, stroke, succor, support, sustain, sympathize, uphold, upraise

Antonyms:

aggravate, annoy, bother, distress, exasperate, hurt, irritate, provoke, torment, torture, trouble, vex
Main Entry: accommodate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: perform service

Synonyms:

afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benefit, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield

Antonyms:

bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop
Main Entry: assure
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: convince, relieve doubt

Synonyms:

bag*, bet on, comfort, encourage, hearten, inspire, persuade, reassure, satisfy, sell on, sell*, soothe
Main Entry: cheer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone feel happier

Synonyms:

animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, comfort, console, elate, elevate, embolden, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, give a lift, gladden, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, let the sun shine in, perk up, pick up, put on cloud nine, put on top of the world, snap out of it, solace, steel, strengthen, uplift, upraise, warm

Antonyms:

bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy
Main Entry: cherish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: care about deeply

Synonyms:

admire, adore, appreciate, apprize, care for, clasp, cleave to, cling to, coddle, comfort, cosset, cultivate, defend, dote on, embrace, encourage, enshrine, entertain, fancy, fondle, foster, guard, harbor, hold dear, hold in high esteem, honor, hug, idolize, like, love, nourish, nurse, nurture, pet, preserve, prize, revere, reverence, safeguard, shelter, shield, support, sustain, treasure, value, venerate, worship
Notes: cherish means to be fond of, be attached to, while nurture means to bring up, help develop, help grow, or provide with nourishment

Antonyms:

abandon, denounce, forsake, not care, renounce
Main Entry: compose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: calm, bring under control

Synonyms:

adjust, allay, appease, arrange, assuage, balm, becalm, check, collect, comfort, console, contain, control, cool, ease, ease up, hold in, lessen, let up, lull, mitigate, moderate, modulate, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, re-collect, reconcile, regulate, rein, relax, repress, resolve, restrain, settle, simmer down, slacken, smother, soften, solace, soothe, still, suppress, temper, tranquilize, tune down

Antonyms:

agitate, anger, arouse, distress, excite, upset
Main Entry: ease
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: alleviate, help

Synonyms:

abate, aid, allay, ameliorate, anesthetize, appease, assist, assuage, attend to, calm, cheer, clear the way, comfort, cure, disburden, disengage, doctor, expedite, facilitate, forward, free, further, improve, lessen, let up on, lift, lighten, make easier, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, open the door, pacify, palliate, promote, quiet, relax, release, relent, relieve, run interference for, simplify, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, speed, speed up, still, tranquilize, untighten

Antonyms:

annoy, increase, irritate, perplex, vex, worsen
Main Entry: encourage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stimulate spiritually

Synonyms:

animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm, gladden, goad, hearten, incite, inspire, inspirit, instigate, praise, prick, prop up, psych up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, revitalize, revivify, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway

Antonyms:

dampen, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dispirit, dissuade, uninspire
Main Entry: encourage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give support; help

Synonyms:

abet, advance, advocate, aid, approve, assist, back, back up, befriend, bolster, boost, brace, comfort, console, countenance, develop, ease, egg on, endorse, favor, fortify, forward, foster, further, get behind, give a leg up, go for, improve, instigate, invite, pat on the back, prevail, promote, pull for, push, reassure, reinforce, relieve, root for, sanction, second, serve, side with, smile upon, solace, spur, strengthen, subscribe to, subsidize, succor, support, sustain, uphold

Antonyms:

block, confuse, deter, discourage
Main Entry: entertain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: amuse

Synonyms:

absorb, beguile, captivate, charm, cheer, comfort, crack up, delight, distract, divert, ecstasize, elate, engross, enliven, enthrall, gladden, grab, gratify, humor, indulge, inspire, inspirit, interest, knock dead, make merry, occupy, pique, please, recreate, regale, relax, satisfy, slay, solace, stimulate, tickle

Antonyms:

bore, tire
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