STERNING Antonyms

• a change for the better

• the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

• capable of being changed

• able to flex; able to bend easily

• making or willing to make concessions

• able to adjust readily to different conditions

• bending and snapping back readily without breaking

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having or showing a kindly or tender nature

• quiet and soothing

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• easily handled or managed

• having little impact

• marked by moderate steepness

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• stroke soothingly

• characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone

• tolerant or lenient

• being favorably inclined

• having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• agreeable, conducive to comfort

• tolerant and forgiving under provocation

• tolerant or lenient

• not strict

• characterized by tolerance and mercy

• 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

• not preventive

• granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline

• affording physical or mental rest

• the process of becoming softer

• having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin