calming

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calming

adjective more calming · most calming

That calms; soothing, relaxing
Similar: calmative

noun calmings

The act of making something calmer or an instance of something becoming calmer.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of calm

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: appeasement, assuasive, lulling, pacifying, quietening, reassuring, soothing, unalarming, allaying, appeasing, comforting, cool, cooling, de-escalation, defusing, ease

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@misc{calming_2026,
  title = {calming},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calming},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}