calming

Examples

• All

• Many people find that meditation has a calming effect on their minds.

• There's something so calming about walking a dog.

• I feel like the crew chief needs like a nice calming presence.

• You could try my calming chair on him.

  Quills (2000)

• The very least that may happen is the calming of self.

  Blog text (14)

• Her calming touch was a signal to him to stop growling, not to appear too threatening.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The house around him was orderly and neat, as always, and as always he found that calming.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The calming effects that students noticed persisted throughout the semester.

  Academic text (2015)

• Don't you find the repetition calming?

  The Underneath (1995)

• I heard you couldn't sleep last night, so I had some calming tea prepared and found some century-old ginseng from Mount Ling, hoping it will help you sleep better, Mother.

  Cycle of Fear: There Is No End (2008)

Synonyms

A

appeasement

vscalming

22 7.4

To calm someone by giving in to their demands to avoid conflict

is broader, covering any soothing method not only giving in

M

mollification

vscalming

• Formal

8.4

An action that calms someone who is angry

is more general and less formal in tone

P

pacification

vscalming

7.7

Calming people who are angry or upset

is more general and less formal in tone

Antonyms

P

provocation

58 7.2

An action or comment that makes someone react, often making them angry

A

agitation

12 5.1

A feeling of nervous worry and restlessness

Compounds

C

calming atmosphere

3.3

A place that makes people feel relaxed and peaceful

C

calming color

3.4

A color like blue or green that helps you feel calm

How Calming

calming

6 2.6

soothing

81 2.9

appeasing

6.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology