lulled

verbcalm, ease off

Synonyms for lulled

verb calm, ease off

Antonyms for lulled

Word Origin & History

early 14c., lullen "hush to sleep," probably imitative of lu-lu sound used to lull a child to sleep (cf. Swedish lulla "to hum a lullaby," German lullen "to rock," Sanskrit lolati "moves to and fro," Middle Dutch lollen "to mutter"). Figurative use from 1570s. Related: Lulled; lulling.

Example Sentences forlulled

Robert's suspicions were lulled to sleep, and he ceased to be as vigilant and watchful as he had been.

Unwilling to be disturbed, I readily believed all that lulled me in my security.

They are enchanted by other charms, and lulled into dangerous repose by other music!

The crowd went off quietly, as if weariness had lulled all its passions.

The wind had lulled, but there still rolled high a most unusual ocean.

Now all these aches and agonies of the past were lulled by the surge of tired muscles.

What disaster might come from it to her or to the earth, her lulled brain did not consider.

All this had to be lulled at all costs and without loss of time.

Yet Mr Proctor was not lulled into incaution by this seeming calm.

We have lulled ourselves to sleep with this fatalism, and what is the result?