Thesaurus / calm
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Since many of us will be homebodies this season, here are some ways to keep cool, calm and collected in your own space.
8 SUMMER MUST-HAVES FOR KEEPING COOLJOY NESBITTJULY 4, 2020OZYWe are redoubling our efforts to keep the beaches and local businesses open, and get to a sense of calmer waters, but July 4 weekend will look a bit different this year.
SAFETY FIRST THIS JULY 4THLEE ANN WILKINSONJULY 4, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEA few days later, he let me row through some baby rapids, telling me where to aim the boat, giving me calm instructions to adjust the trajectory a little left or a little right.
THE EYE-OPENING MONTH I SPENT RAFTING THE GRAND CANYONBRENDAN LEONARDJUNE 30, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEThis is sort of a game but it’s mostly a way to calm yourself down since there’s not really any way to lose or compete.
THIS WEEKEND: SEE YOUR WORLD IN RAINBOW COLORSFIONA ZUBLINJUNE 26, 2020OZYWholesome, positive –if not strange and mindless– content has become a balm to cure our anxiety, making it a great way of communication, a form of self-care that fills a void and provides a sense of calm that sheet masks and sourdough cannot.
CHAOTIC COMMUNICATION: COVID-19 IS REWRITING OUR CULTURAL RULES OF CONNECTIONMEGAN ROUTHJUNE 11, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHThis treacherous sort of calm, we thought, might forbode a storm, and we did not allow it to lull us into security.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe expression of his features was calm and composed, and his eyes were raised to heaven with a look of hope and supplication.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThat the weather being calm, he rowed round me several times, observed my windows and wire-lattices that defenced them.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTShe was putting her papers tidy again with calm fingers, while his own were almost cramped with the energy of suppressed desire.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODThe kites soared, and the boats rushed swiftly over the calm and glittering sea.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEWORDS RELATED TO CALM
- all there
- analytical
- balanced
- calm
- cerebral
- circumspect
- cognitive
- collected
- cool
- deductive
- deliberate
- discerning
- discriminating
- enlightened
- far-sighted
- impartial
- intellectual
- intelligent
- judicious
- knowing
- levelheaded
- logical
- lucid
- normal
- objective
- perspicacious
- philosophic
- prudent
- ratiocinative
- reasonable
- reasoning
- reflective
- sagacious
- sane
- sensible
- sober
- sound
- stable
- synthetic
- thinking
- thoughtful
- together
- well-advised
- wise
- breathe easy
- calm
- calm down
- collect oneself
- compose oneself
- cool off
- ease off
- feel at home
- hang loose
- knock off
- laze
- let oneself go
- lie down
- loosen up
- make oneself at home
- put one's feet up
- recline
- repose
- rest
- settle back
- simmer down
- sit around
- sit back
- soften
- stop work
- take a break
- take a breather
- take it easy
- take one's time
- take ten
- take time out
- tranquilize
- unbend
- unlax
- unwind
- amenable
- breezy
- calm
- carefree
- casual
- collected
- complaisant
- composed
- devil-may-care
- easy
- easygoing
- even-tempered
- flexible
- free and easy
- hang-loose
- happy-go-lucky
- indolent
- indulgent
- informal
- insouciant
- laid-back
- lazy
- lenient
- liberal
- low-pressure
- mild
- moderate
- natural
- nonchalant
- offhand
- outgiving
- patient
- placid
- poised
- self-possessed
- serene
- spontaneous
- tolerant
- tranquil
- unceremonious
- unconcerned
- uncritical
- undemanding
- unhurried
- uninhibited
- unrestrained
- breathes easy
- calms
- calms down
- collects oneself
- composes oneself
- cools off
- eases off
- feels at home
- hangs loose
- knocks off
- lazes
- lets oneself goes
- lies down
- loosens up
- makes oneself at home
- puts one's feet up
- reclines
- reposes
- rests
- settles back
- simmers down
- sits around
- sits back
- softens
- stops work
- takes a break
- takes a breather
- takes it easy
- takes one's time
- takes ten
- takes time out
- tranquilizes
- unbends
- unlaxes
- unwinds
- abates
- allays
- alleviates
- appeases
- assuages
- breaks
- brightens
- calms
- comforts
- consoles
- cures
- decreases
- diminishes
- diverts
- dulls
- eases
- frees
- interrupts
- lightens
- mitigates
- moderates
- mollifies
- palliates
- qualifies
- quiets
- relaxes
- salves
- slackens
- softens
- solaces
- soothes
- subdues
- takes load off one's chest
- takes load off one's mind
- tempers
- varies
- accommodated
- acquiescent
- adapted
- adjusted
- agreeable
- amenable
- biddable
- calm
- compliant
- cordial
- deferential
- docile
- genial
- gentle
- long-suffering
- manageable
- nonresisting
- obedient
- patient
- peaceable
- philosophical
- pliant
- quiescent
- quiet
- ready
- reconciled
- renouncing
- satisfied
- stoical
- subdued
- submissive
- subservient
- tame
- tolerant
- tractable
- unassertive
- unprotesting
- unresisting
- well-disposed
- willing
- yielding
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