bore resemblance to (verb) resemble: look or be like
Sinonime: allay,
ameliorate,
appease,
assuage, becalm, button one's lip, calm down, can it,
choke, clam up,
compose,
console, cool it, cool out, dummy up, fix up, gag,
gratify, hold it down, hush,
ice*, inactivate,
lull,
moderate,
mollify, muffle, muzzle,
pacify, palliate, patch things up,
please, quieten,
reconcile,
relax,
satisfy,
settle, shush, shut up,
silence,
slack,
smooth, soft-pedal,
soften,
soothe,
square, squash, squelch,
still,
stroke,
subdue, take the bite out of, tranquilize
Antonime: turn up