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Source: gcide
Calm \Calm\ (k[aum]m), a. [Compar. {Calmer} (-[~e]r); superl.
{Calmest} (-[e^]st)]
1. Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still;
quiet; serene; undisturbed. "Calm was the day." --Spenser.

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Now all is calm, and fresh, and still. --Bryant.

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2. Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or
excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. "Calm and
sinless peace." --Milton. "With calm attention." --Pope.

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Such calm old age as conscience pure
And self-commanding hearts ensure. --Keble.

Syn: Still; quiet; undisturbed; tranquil; peaceful; serene;
composed; unruffled; sedate; collected; placid.

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Source: gcide
Calm \Calm\ (k[aum]m), n. [OE. calme, F. calme, fr. It. or Sp.
calma (cf. Pg. calma heat), prob. fr. LL. cauma heat, fr. Gr.
kay^ma burning heat, fr. kai`ein to burn; either because
during a great heat there is generally also a calm, or
because the hot time of the day obliges us seek for shade and
quiet; cf. {Caustic}]

Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation
or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of
winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.

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The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. --Mark.
iv. 39.

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A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's
own making. --South.

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Source: gcide
Calm \Calm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calmed} (k[aum]md); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Calming}.] [Cf. F. calmer. See {Calm}, n.]
1. To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as,
to calm the winds.

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To calm the tempest raised by Eolus. --Dryden.

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2. To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or
soothe, as the mind or passions.

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Passions which seem somewhat calmed. --Atterbury.

Syn: To still; quiet; appease; allay; pacify; tranquilize;
soothe; compose; assuage; check; restrain.

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Source: wn
calm
adj 1: not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a
calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"
[syn: {unagitated}]
2: characterized by absence of emotional agitation; "calm
acceptance of the inevitable"; "remained serene in the
midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face";
"she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country"
[syn: {serene}, {tranquil}]
3: (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas" [ant: {stormy}]
4: marked by freedom from agitation or excitement; "the rioters
gradually became calm and slowly dispersed"
n : steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems
with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: {composure},
{calmness}, {equanimity}]
[ant: {discomposure}]
v 1: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
[syn: {calm down}, {quiet}, {tranquilize}, {tranquillize},
{tranquillise}, {quieten}, {lull}, {still}]
[ant: {agitate}]
2: make steady; "steady yourself" [syn: {steady}, {becalm}]
3: become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation;
"After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a
while after the baby was born for things to settle down
again." [syn: {calm down}, {cool off}, {chill out}, {simmer down}, {settle down}, {cool it}]
4: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to;
"The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: {sedate},
{tranquilize}, {tranquillize}, {tranquillise}]
[ant: {stimulate}]

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Source: moby thes
272 Moby Thesaurus words for "calm":
abnegation, abstinence, accordance, allay, alleviate, anticyclone,
appease, assuage, at peace, at rest, aweless, balm, balmy, becalm,
blank, blankminded, bloodless, calm down, calmness, cease,
cloistered, collected, compose, composed, composure, conciliate,
concordant, conservatism, consistency, consonance, constancy,
constraint, continence, continuity, control, cool, cool off,
coolheaded, coolness, correspondence, cradle, dead calm,
deathlike calm, defuse, die down, dispassion, dispassionate,
doldrums, dulcify, dwindle, dwindling, ease, easy, easygoing, ebb,
ebbing, empty, empty-headed, equability, equable, equanimity,
equilibrium, even, even out, even-tempered, even-tenored, evenness,
expected, expecting, fatuous, firm, flat calm, gentle, gentleness,
golden mean, halcyon, halt, happy medium, homogeneity,
horse latitudes, hush, hushed, idyllic, impartiality, impassive,
imperturbable, inactive, inane, incogitant, inexcitable, isolated,
judiciousness, juste-milieu, lay, lay the dust, lenity,
levelheaded, lull, make one easy, meden agan, middle way, mild,
mildness, mitigate, moderateness, moderation, moderationism,
molder, moldering, mollify, monolithism, motionless, nerveless,
neutrality, nirvanic, nonchalant, nonviolence, nothing in excess,
oblivious, oily calm, orderly, pacific, pacifism, pacify, passive,
pastoral, peace, peaceable, peaceful, peacefulness, peacetime,
persistence, philosophical, phlegmatic, piping, placate, placid,
placidity, placidness, poised, possessed, pour balm into,
pour balm on, propitiate, prudence, quell, quiesce, quiescent,
quiet, quieten, quietistic, relax, relaxed, relieve, repose,
reposeful, reposing, rest, restful, resting, restraint, rock,
rock to sleep, rock-steady, sang-froid, secluded, sedate,
self-abnegation, self-control, self-controlled, self-denial,
self-possessed, self-possession, self-restraint, sequestered,
sequestrated, serene, serenity, settle, sheltered, smooth,
smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, sobriety, soft, soothe,
soother, stability, stabilize, stable, staid, staunch,
steadfastness, steadiness, steady, steady-handed, steady-nerved,
steel-nerved, still, still as death, stillish, stillness, stilly,
stoic, stoical, stolid, stop, strong-nerved, subdue, subside,
subsiding, temperance, temperateness, thoughtfree, thoughtless,
together, tranquil, tranquilize, tranquillity, unagitated,
unamazed, unastonished, unastounded, unawed, unbewildered,
unblenching, unblinking, undazed, undazzled, undisturbed,
undumbfounded, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness,
unfaltering, unflappable, unflinching, unideaed, uniformity,
unimpressed, unintellectual, unity, unmarveling, unmoved,
unnervous, unoccupied, unperturbed, unquivering, unreasoning,
unruffled, unruffledness, unshaken, unshaky, unshrinking,
unstirring, unstrained, unsurprised, unthinking, untremulous,
untroubled, unwavering, unwondering, vacant, vacuous, via media,
wane, waning, windless, windlessness, without a tremor,
wonderless


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