| stroke(verb, calm, soothe, repress, appease) |
| sugarcoat(verb, hide, white, doctor, soft-pedal) |
| sweeten(verb, calm, soothe, repress, appease) |
| take the edge off(verb, expression, idiom, calm, soothe) |
| tame(verb, calm, soothe, repress, appease) |
| temper(verb, calm, soothe, repress, appease) |
| tranquillise |
| veil(verb, hide, white, doctor, soft-pedal) |
| white(verb, hide, doctor, dulling, whites) |
| whiten(verb, hide, white, doctor, dulling) |
| whitewash(verb, hide, white, doctor, dulling) |
| act as middle(verb, expression, idiom, soothe, appease) |
| alleviate(verb, calm, quiet, fix, smooth) |
| allying(verb, soothe, re-collect, downs, sedating) |
| apologize |
| apologize for(expression, dulling, whites, gloze) |
| arrest(verb, calm, quiet, fix, smooth) |
| banish(verb, calm, subdue, allay, dispel) |
| be calm(verb, still, soothe, re-collect, downs) |
| becalm(verb, calm, quiet, fix, smooth) |