calmer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- alleviate verb To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.
- assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- 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.
- soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.
- still adj Not moving; calm and motionless.
Senses
calmer is used for these senses in English:
- alleviate (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
- assuage (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
- calm (transitive) To make calm.
- calm down (transitive) To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.
- cool down To cause (someone) to become less agitated or excited.
- 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.
assuage — full definition
- verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- verb To satisfy a need or appetite, such as hunger or thirst.