VERB | emotion | lull | calm by deception |
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change | lull, calm down | become quiet or less intensive | |
emotion | lull, calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, still | make calm or still | |
NOUN | time | lull, letup | a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished |
state | lull, quiet | a period of calm weather |
Sounds | lah'l | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished. | |
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Synonym | letup | |
Broader | pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension | A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something |
Spanish | tregua | |
Catalan | treva | |
Verbs | lull | become quiet or less intensive |
lull | make calm or still | |
lull | calm by deception |
Meaning | A period of calm weather. | |
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Example | "there was a lull in the storm" | |
Synonym | quiet | |
Broader | calmness | An absence of strong winds or rain |
Verbs | lull | calm by deception |
Meaning | calm by deception. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Example | "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security" | |
Broader | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
Spanish | arrullar | |
Catalan | calmar | |
Nouns | lull | a period of calm weather |
lull | a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished |
Meaning | Become quiet or less intensive. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "the fighting lulled for a moment" | |
Synonym | calm down | |
Broader | hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up | Cause to be quiet or not talk / talk |
Nouns | lull | a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished |
Meaning | make calm or still. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The performance is likely to lull Sue | |
Synonyms | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, still | |
Narrower | compose | calm (someone, especially oneself) |
lull | calm by deception | |
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | Cause to be more favorably inclined | |
reassure, assure | Cause to feel sure | |
Broader | comfort, soothe, console, solace | Give moral or emotional strength to |
Opposite | agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused |
Spanish | aquietar, callar, calmar, serenar, tranquilizar | |
Catalan | aquietar, asserenar, calmar, tranquil·litzar | |
Nouns | lull | a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished |
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