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CALMING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does calming mean?

• CALMING (noun)
The noun CALMING has 1 sense:

1. the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

Familiarity information: CALMING used as a noun is very rare.

• CALMING (adjective)
The adjective CALMING has 2 senses:

1. causing to become tranquil
2. freeing from fear and anxiety

Familiarity information: CALMING used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CALMING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

appeasement; calming

Hypernyms ("calming" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calming"):

mollification; pacification (the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined)

conciliation; placation; propitiation (the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity)

• CALMING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Causing to become tranquil

Synonyms:

calming; lulling; quietening

Similar:

unalarming (not alarming; assuaging alarm)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Freeing from fear and anxiety

Synonyms:

assuasive; pacifying; calming; soothing

Similar:

reassuring (restoring confidence and relieving anxiety)

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