Soothe and Worked up

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Soothe verb - To ease the grief or distress of.

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Worked up is an antonym for soothe.

Nearby Words: soothing, soother, sooth, soothingly

Worked up adjective - (of persons) excessively affected by emotion.

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Soothe is an antonym for worked up in stimulate topic.

Happens a few times in Teckla, in which the narrator Vlad is so apolitical that he has no clue why everyone in South Adrilankha is so worked up, or why particular choices by activists and/or city authorities either soothe or heighten the tension.

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