All bludgeoned antonyms

verb bludgeoned

• assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
• aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
• coax — If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
• compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
• help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
• boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
• construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
• build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
• alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
• delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
• please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
• relieve — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• hearten — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
• incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
• comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
• gladden — to make glad.
• soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
• inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
• mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• fix — to repair; mend.
• release — to lease again.
• reassure — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
• assure — If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
• laud — to praise; extol.
• surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
• flatter — to make flat.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• take care — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
• assuage — If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.