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Calm   /kɑm/  /kɑlm/   Listen
Calm

adjective
(compar. calmer; superl. calmest)
1.
Not agitated; without losing self-possession.  Synonyms: serene, tranquil, unagitated.  "Remained calm throughout the uproar" , "He remained serene in the midst of turbulence" , "A serene expression on her face" , "She became more tranquil" , "Tranquil life in the country"
2.
(of weather) free from storm or wind.
noun
1.
Steadiness of mind under stress.  Synonyms: calmness, composure, equanimity.
2.
Wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale.  Synonym: calm air.
verb
(past & past part. calmed; pres. part. calming)
1.
Make calm or still.  Synonyms: calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize.
2.
Make steady.  Synonyms: becalm, steady.
3.
Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation.  Synonyms: calm down, chill out, cool it, cool off, settle down, simmer down.  "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
4.
Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to.  Synonyms: sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize.



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"Calm" Quotes from Famous Books



... amiable tones in which he stated how irretrievably he was ruined, the dulcet sweetness of the farewell to his heart's adored, the mathematical exactitude of his position while embracing her, the cool deliberation which marked his exit—offered a picture of calm stoicism just on the point of tumbling over the precipice of destruction not to be equalled—not, at least, since those halcyon dramatic days when Osbaldiston leased Covent ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, October 30, 1841 • Various
... is a calm? What is a squall? What are the sky and water conditions that denote the approach of ...
— Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts
... him, asked him if he was badly wounded? He told me he was; but says he, 'I do not value my life if we do but get the day.' I then ordered two men to carry him off. He desired me by all means to keep up this flank. He seemed as unconcerned and calm as tho' nothing had happened to him." Reed, on whose horse the colonel was carried to the lines, wrote to his wife on the following day: "Our loss is also considerable. The Virginia Major (Leitch) ...
— The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn • Henry P. Johnston
... been laid at last Where rocks were rudely heap'd, and rent As by a spirit turbulent; Where sights were rough, and sounds were wild, And everything unreconciled, In some complaining, dim retreat Where fear and melancholy meet; But this is calm; there cannot be A ...
— Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 • Dorothy Wordsworth
... the surging anger which almost choked her and retained a calm level. Sooner or later she would find the joint in ...
— The Green Rust • Edgar Wallace


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