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  • 51lull — v 1. put to sleep, rock, rock to sleep, cradle, gentle, lullaby; hypnotic, mesmerize, drug, narcotize, sedate, anesthetize, put under, Sl. dope. 2. soothe, quiet, hush, still, silence; calm, compose, smooth, becalm, dulcify, subdue, quell;… …

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  • 52quell — v 1. suppress, subdue, abort, extinguish, stamp out; vanquish, conquer, subjugate; overpower, overcome, overwhelm; crush, defeat, worst, beat down, put down, squelch; rout, disperse, scatter. 2. quiet, silence, calm, Archaic. becalm, hush, lull,… …

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  • 53calm — [adj1] peaceful, quiet (inanimate) at a standstill, at peace, bland, bucolic, cool, halcyon, harmonious, hushed, inactive, in order, low key, mild, motionless, pacific, pastoral, placid, quiescent, reposeful, reposing, restful, rural, serene,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 54compose — [v1] be part of construction be an adjunct, be an element of, belong to, be made of, build, compound, comprise, consist of, constitute, construct, enter in, fashion, form, go into, make, make up, merge in; concepts 168,642 Ant. destroy,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 55lull — [n] pause, calm abeyance, break, breather, breathing spell, calmness, coffee break, comma*, downtime*, hiatus, hush, layoff, letup, pausation, quiescence, quiet, respite, silence, stillness, stop, time out*, tranquility; concept 807 Ant. busyness …

    New thesaurus

  • 56quiet — [adj1] without or with little sound buttoned up*, clammed up*, close, closemouthed, could hear a pin drop*, dumb, hushed, hushful, inaudible, low, low pitched, muffled, mute, muted, noiseless, not saying boo*, peaceful, quiescent, quieted,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 57salve — [n] ointment for relief of pain or illness aid, balm, cerate, counterirritant, cream, cure, dressing, emolient, help, liniment, lotion, lubricant, medication, medicine, remedy, unction, unguent; concepts 311,466 salve [v] soothe alleviate, ally,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 58settle — [v1] straighten out, resolve achieve, adjudicate, adjust, appoint, arrange, call the shots*, choose, cinch, clean up, clear, clear up, clinch, come to a conclusion, come to a decision, come to an agreement, complete, concert, conclude, confirm,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 59soothe — [v] calm, ease allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, balm, becalm, butter up*, calm down, cheer, compose, console, cool, cool off*, dulcify, help, hush, lighten, lull, make nice*, make up, mitigate, mollify, pacify, patch things up*, play up to*,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 60still — [adj] calm, motionless, quiet at rest, buttoned up*, clammed up*, closed, closemouthed, deathlike, deathly, deathly quiet, deathly still, fixed, halcyon, hushed, hushful, inert, lifeless, noiseless, pacific, peaceful, placid, restful, sealed,… …

    New thesaurus