Concept cluster: Negative qualities > Smoothness (2)
n
The state of being beset.
v
(transitive) To make smooth.
v
(transitive, informal) To cause to experience bliss.
n
encumbrance
adj
(obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome.
v
(transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
n
(archaic) A thrust.
v
(nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Alternative form of gladden [(transitive) To cause (something) to become more glad.]
v
(idiomatic, usually reflexive, dated) To make someone more resistant to something.
adv
In a hushed way; quietly, softly.
v
To inure; to strengthen; to make hardy or robust.
v
(transitive) To treat mildly.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
n
One who or that which mellows.
v
(intransitive) To engage in activity that arranges someone or something in an orderly, tidy way.
v
(obsolete) To make neat or clean; to purify.
v
(transitive, poetic) To smooth out; to make smooth.
adj
Repressed or suppressed, especially of emotions or impulses.
n
A process or algorithm for presmoothing.
n
One who quiets.
v
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To smooth.
v
(transitive) To make smooth or even.
v
(transitive) To make (a rough surface) smooth
v
(transitive) To make smooth.
adv
So as to smooth.
adj
Made soft.
adj
suppressed or silenced
n
(finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
n
An item, material or feature that makes something stiffer.
adj
Not natural or spontaneous but done with effort
adj
Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
n
Obsolete spelling of strife [Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.]
v
(rare, transitive) To make affable or suave.
v
To make tidy; to neaten.
v
(figuratively, transitive) To soften; to mitigate.
v
(idiomatic) To provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt contentment.

Note: Concept clusters like the one above are an experimental OneLook feature. We've grouped words and phrases into thousands of clusters based on a statistical analysis of how they are used in writing. Some of the words and concepts may be vulgar or offensive. The names of the clusters were written automatically and may not precisely describe every word within the cluster; furthermore, the clusters may be missing some entries that you'd normally associate with their names. Click on a word to look it up on OneLook.
  Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!

Today's secret word is 7 letters and means "Property or assets, excluding real estate." Can you find it?