Dictionary Definition
calming adj
1 causing to become tranquil [syn: lulling, quietening]
2 freeing from fear and anxiety [syn: assuasive, pacifying, soothing] n : the act of
appeasing (as by acceding to the demonds of) [syn: appeasement]
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Verb
calming- present participle of calm
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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