Thesaurus / lulling
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- soothe
- abate
- allay
- balm
- becalm
- cease
- compose
- cool
- decrease
- diminish
- dwindle
- ebb
- fall
- hush
- lullaby
- moderate
- pacify
- qualify
- quell
- quiet
- settle
- slacken
- soft-pedal
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- subside
- temper
- tranquilize
- wane
- chill out
- cool off
- die down
- lay back
- let up
- put a lid on
- quiet down
- take it easy
- take the edge
- take the sting out
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antonyms of lulling
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After a lull in the action tonight, we could see a part two of the storm Monday into Tuesday with additional accumulation, but that remains a trickier part of the forecast.
LET IT SNOW! A FEW INCHES LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE TODAY; MORE TOMORROW INTO TUESDAY?BRIAN JACKSON, DAN STILLMANJANUARY 31, 2021WASHINGTON POST
A friend of Smedler and James’s, who is a faculty member at a local nursing school, called James on Friday and said to come over right away to get a shot of her own because there was a lull in vaccinating the students.
MOST AMERICANS SAY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS NOT CONTROLLED, POST-ABC POLL FINDSAMY GOLDSTEIN, EMILY GUSKINJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The shopkeeper and his wife, drawn two ways by pity and self-interest, began by lulling their consciences with words.
AN EPISODE UNDER THE TERRORHONORE DE BALZAC
Here he would watch "the beautiful calm-lulling lake, the beautiful, solemn, hopeful-death-teaching sunsets."
THE LIFE OF MAZZINIBOLTON KING
His discourse was also full of extravagant compliments, I suppose for the purpose of lulling me to sleep.
The morning which followed was that of a warm, lulling, luxuriant June day, whose high tides of life spread to everything.
THE QUALITY OF MERCYW. D. HOWELLS
Then ensued a moment's breathless hush, even the cries of those in agony lulling.
RICHARD CARVEL, COMPLETEWINSTON CHURCHILL
She opened her breast, pressed her son to her body, and pursued by fear walked down the street, quietly lulling the baby.
MOTHERMAKSIM GORKY
What they really meant was, that they had taken Mr. Holmes in hand for the purpose of lulling the just suspicions of the police.
LONDON'S UNDERWORLDTHOMAS HOLMES
It was a lulling sound which rocked his thoughts to sleep, calming his emotion—an emotion made up of hope and of fear.
THE ENEMIES OF WOMENVICENTE BLASCO IBEZ
WORDS RELATED TO LULLING
- abatement
- acceding
- accommodation
- adjustment
- alleviation
- amends
- assuagement
- compromise
- concession
- conciliation
- easing
- grant
- lessening
- lulling
- mitigation
- moderation
- mollification
- peace offering
- placation
- propitiation
- quelling
- reconciliation
- reparation
- restoration
- settlement
- softening
- solace
- soothing
- tranquilization
- abstracted
- astral
- calming
- chimerical
- daydreaming
- excellent
- fanciful
- fantastic
- gentle
- idealistic
- imaginary
- immaterial
- impractical
- intangible
- introspective
- introvertive
- lulling
- marvelous
- misty
- musing
- mythical
- nightmarish
- otherworldly
- out of this world
- pensive
- phantasmagoric
- phantasmagorical
- preoccupied
- quixotic
- relaxing
- shadowy
- soothing
- speculative
- unreal
- unsubstantial
- utopian
- vague
- visionary
- whimsical
- abstracted
- astral
- calming
- chimerical
- daydreaming
- excellent
- fanciful
- fantastic
- gentle
- idealistic
- imaginary
- immaterial
- impractical
- intangible
- introspective
- introvertive
- lulling
- marvelous
- misty
- musing
- mythical
- nightmarish
- otherworldly
- out of this world
- pensive
- phantasmagoric
- phantasmagorical
- preoccupied
- quixotic
- relaxing
- shadowy
- soothing
- speculative
- unreal
- unsubstantial
- utopian
- vague
- visionary
- whimsical
- woolgathering
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.