PRICKIER Antonyms

• lacking taste or flavor or tang

• lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

• smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

• (of weather) free from storm or wind

• steadiness of mind under stress

• wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

• not agitated; without losing self-possession

• make calm or still

• make steady

• become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)

• characteristic of or befitting a friend

• easy to understand or use

• of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally

• troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces

• inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile

• Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.

• Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.

• Docile and easily managed.

• Gradual rather than steep or sudden.

• Polite and respectful rather than rude.

• Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

• moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• mild and pleasant

• a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet

• characterized by extravagance and profusion

• having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

• yielding readily to pressure or weight

• compassionate and kind; conciliatory

• (of sound) relatively low in volume

• produced with vibration of the vocal cords

• not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)

• (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone

• (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

• (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')

• in a relaxed manner; or without hardship

• easily hurt

• (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value

• using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation

• tolerant or lenient

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having little impact

• out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance

• willing to negotiate and compromise

• not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship

• mild and pleasant

• not brilliant or glaring