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calming
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calming
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appeasing |
| Synonyms: | ataractic, sedative |
| Antonyms: | upsetting |
| Main Entry: | dreamy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illusory, romantic |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | horrible, terrible, unromantic |
| Main Entry: | narcotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dulling, painkilling |
| Synonyms: | analgesic, anesthetic, calming, deadening, hypnotic, numbing, opiate, sedative, somnifacient, somnific, somnolent, somnorific, soporiferous, soporific, stupefacient, stupefactive, stupefying |
| Main Entry: | sedative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soothing |
| Synonyms: | allaying, anodyne, calmative, calming, lenitive, relaxing, sleep-inducing, soporific, tranquillizing |
| Antonyms: | agitating, excitative, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | soothing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comforting |
| Synonyms: | alleviating, calming, consolatory, consoling, easing, mollifying, pacifying, palliative, reassuring, relaxing, relieving, remedying, softening, tranquilizing, warming |
| Main Entry: | soporific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy; sleep-inducing |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, balmy, calming, deadening, dozy, drowsy, dull, hypnotic, mesmerizing, narcotic, nodding, numbing, opiate, quietening, sedative, slumberous, snoozy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, tranquilizing |
| Antonyms: | awake, conscious, exciting, invigorating, stimulating |
| Main Entry: | moony |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dreamy |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | somnifacient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | soporific |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, balmy, calming, deadening, dozy, drowsy, dull, hypnotic, mesmerizing, narcotic, nodding, numbing, opiate, quietening, sedative, slumberous, snoozy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, tranquilizing |
| Main Entry: | allay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce something, usually a pain or a problem |
| Synonyms: | abate, alleviate, assuage, calm, compose, cool out, decrease, ease, lessen, lighten, make nice, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, play up to, pour oil on, quiet, square, take the bite out, take the sting out |
| Antonyms: | intensify, provoke, stir, worsen |
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