SCRATCHING Antonyms

• providing freedom from worry

• affording comfort or solace

• affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

• the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

• the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

• representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal

• effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

• affording physical relief

• freeing from fear and anxiety

• a light touch with the hands

• kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation

• manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes

• give a massage to

• the sound made by a gentle blow

• a light touch or stroke

• completely or perfectly

• having only superficial plausibility

• exactly suited to the occasion

• pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

• hit lightly

• having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities

• of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth

• (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected

• of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence

• the act of smoothing

• smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

• smooth and unconstrained in movement

• lacking obstructions or difficulties

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing

• make (a surface) shine

• free from obstructions