calming

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Noun pluralcalmings

3 meanings of calming

1
adjective
Making someone feel relaxed and less worried or upset.
Like a warm bath that helps you relax after a hard day.
The soft music had a calming effect on the restless baby.
Her gentle voice was very calming during the storm.
Similarsoothing, relaxing, restful, peaceful, sedative
Oppositestimulating, stressful, agitating, jarring
2
verb
Present participle of calm. Use this form for an action happening right now.
She was calming the frightened horse with slow, steady words.
The nurse kept calming the worried patient until the doctor arrived.
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3
nouncountable or uncountable
The act of making something calmer, or the way something slowly becomes calmer.
Like a loud room slowly going quiet.
A gentle calming of the wind followed the heavy rain.
The slow calming of the noisy room let the teacher start the lesson.
Similareasing, settling, abatement, subsiding, soothing

calming is a form of calm

calm, verb: To make someone or something quiet and relaxed, or to become quiet and relaxed. Full entry

Forms: calmcalms he/she/itcalming -ing formcalmed past tense, past participle
Spelling: calm → calming: add -ing

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