relax
loosen up
decompress
slow down
unbend
unwind
lighten up
bashfully
shyly
timidly
melt
mellow
mellow out
easygoing
break the ice
settle
cool down
cool
quietive
matter-of-fact
untalkable
shandy
back off
hoyden
unperk
calm down
pal up
half-heartedly
draw out
pal
chum up
lighten
unshouting
oily
defuse
loblolly
submissive
keep one's cool
snarkless
swish
buddy
informalistic
take a firm stand
humiliate
insist
thoughtfully
quiesce
quieten
pipe down
quiet
fall into oneself
hush
to oneself
quiet down
simple-heartedly
friendlily
tensen
chat shit
unreticent
simmer down
slummock
meeken
placate
settle down
come out of one's shell
chill out
quixotize
cool off
calm
cool it
underact
tighten up
speechify
suppliantly
warm up
dull
sober
genteel
vary
mild-mannered
blabbermouthed
put on airs
appease
casualness
thaw
demure
fluster

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