calming

4 definitions found

calming - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Calm \Calm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calmed (k[aum]md); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Calming.] [Cf. F. calmer. See Calm, n.]
     1. To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as,
        to calm the winds.
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              To calm the tempest raised by Eolus.  --Dryden.
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     2. To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or
        soothe, as the mind or passions.
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              Passions which seem somewhat calmed.  --Atterbury.
  
     Syn: To still; quiet; appease; allay; pacify; tranquilize;
          soothe; compose; assuage; check; restrain.
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  calming \calming\ adj.
     1. tending to soothe or calm or tranquilize.
  
     Syn: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, soothing, tranquilizing.
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     2. freeing from fear and anxiety.
  
     Syn: assuasive, pacifying, soothing.
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calming - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  calming
      n 1: the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
           [syn: appeasement, calming]

calming - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "calming":
     United Nations troops, abatement, allayment, alleviation,
     appeasement, appeasing, assuagement, blunting, conciliation,
     cradling, damping, deadening, demulsion, detente, diminution,
     dreamy, drowsy, dulcification, dulling, easing,
     easing of relations, falling-off, gentling, hushing, leniency,
     lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, lulling,
     mediation, mitigation, modulation, mollification, mollifying,
     pacification, pacifying, palliation, peace-keeping force,
     peacemaking, peacemongering, placability, placation, propitiation,
     quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relaxation of tension,
     remission, restful, rocking, slackening, softening, soothful,
     soothing, stilling, subduement, tempering, tranquilization,
     tranquilizing