All give a hard time antonyms

verb give a hard time

• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• facilitate — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
• activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
• reassure — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
• refresh — to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
• invigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
• order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
• organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
• quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
• benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• fix — to repair; mend.
• cheer — When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
• cure — If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
• build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• ease — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• straighten — make straight
• reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
• 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.
• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• satisfy — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
• compose — The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
• misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
• lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
• arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
• improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
• clarify — To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
• assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
• release — to lease again.
• unloose — to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
• 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.
• relieve — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
• 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?
• 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.
• clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
• alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
• soften — to make soft or softer.
• mollify — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
• gladden — to make glad.