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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

  1. verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
  2. verb To satisfy a need or appetite, such as hunger or thirst.

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