unruffle

English

Etymology

un- +‎ ruffle

Verb

unruffle (third-person singular simple present unruffles, present participle unruffling, simple past and past participle unruffled)

1. (transitive) To remove ruffles from; to make smooth.
2. (transitive) To calm or soothe (a person).
3. (intransitive) To calm down.
   • 2000, Robert Grant, The Gift of Lack: Short Stories and Other Writings, page 73:

     [The old man] stood grinning like a gnome, obviously delighted to watch me flush and ruffle and then gradually unflush and unruffle.