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The act of appeasing
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calming
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Word definitions for calming in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
calming \calming\ adj. tending to soothe or calm or tranquilize. Syn: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, soothing, tranquilizing. freeing from fear and anxiety. Syn: assuasive, pacifying, soothing.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of calm English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. causing to become tranquil [syn: lulling , quietening ] freeing from fear and anxiety [syn: assuasive , pacifying , soothing ] n. the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demonds of) [syn: appeasement ]
Usage examples of calming.
She stayed a moment calming and caressing it before returning to Trizein, who was peering into the eyepiece of a scanner.
He held her close, a steady grip that would have been calming if her mind had not gone on ahead to the obvious conclusion.
She took a long, calming breath, and reminded herself not to tighten up.
Leading the black stallion would be hazardous, but with Spadix's calming influence, I was reasonably confident I could manage him.
He looked very nervous, and she patted the air in a calming gesture toward him.
Rhyssa was grateful that Peter hadn't lost his calming effect on them.
Toric fuming in the midday summer heat, without the calming influence of either Sharra, who had gone to the Healer Hall at Fort Hold, or Ramala, who had gone to midwife a difficult birth down the west coast, was a burning firestone looking for something to char.
Jancis's bronze fire-lizard, Trig, became so agitated that she had a hard time calming him down enough to make sense of his response.
It would be stupid to lose her temper, so she forcibly sucked in a deep, calming breath and made her muscles relax.
Grimly she sought control again, taking another calming breath,''Why are you here?
He even snarled at Rachel, but she talked softly to him and approached him at a slow, measured pace, calming him before she knelt beside him to untie the rope around his neck.
Despite their situation, there was something calming about lying here beside her, watching her sleep.
Satisfied that no snake germs lingered on her hand, she blew out a long, calming breath.
Evie stiffened slightly, but he soothed her with a deep murmur, not really a word, only a calming sound.
He could feel the warmth of his blood pumping through his veins with the heavy, slowly calming beats of his heart.