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Definition of calming : of Calm

Synonyms:

assuasive, reassuring, unalarming, quietening, appeasement

relaxing, restraining, abating, composing, pacifying, alleviating, quieting, moderating, cooling, soothing, easing, subduing, tranquilizing, softening

gentleness, composition, temperateness, pacification, softness, quiet, ease, restraint, moderation, alleviation, tranquility

consoling, allaying, quelling, lulling, placating, sedating, appeasing, assuaging, stilling

hushing, conciliating, relieving, mollifying, reconciling, smoothing, defusing, ebbing, stabilizing

comforting

pausing, fixing, sleeping, settling, stagnating, slumbering, vegetating, standing, marking time, resting, staying, waiting, becalming, settling down, subsiding

Usage examples:

• I-" Ulrika pulled her by the arm, and whispered something which had the effect of calming her a little. - "Thelma", Marie Corelli.
• There's nothing like open air and a high road for calming the nerves. - "Good Old Anna", Marie Belloc Lowndes.
• When the elder sister at last succeeded in calming her, she told the whole story of her afternoon's work. - "Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad", Various.