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kalmeren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
  • calm adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  • lull noun A temporary period of calm or reduced activity.
  • mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  • placate verb To calm someone down and ease their anger.
  • quiet adj Making little or no sound.
  • subside verb To become calmer, weaker, or less intense over time.

Senses

kalmeren is used for these senses in English:

  • appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
  • calm (transitive) To make calm.
  • calm (intransitive) To become calm.
  • lull (transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
  • mollify To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  • placate (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
  • subside (intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.

calm — full definition

  1. adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  2. noun A state of peace, quiet, or absence of disturbance.
  3. verb To make calm, or to become calm.

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