calm

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noun

1 peaceful situation/manner/feeling

ADJECTIVE

▪ apparent

▪ Under his apparent calm lay real anxiety.

▪ inner

▪ the pursuit of inner calm

▪ uneasy

▪ forced

▪ With a forced calm she said, ‘How do you know?’

▪ dead

▪ She felt not fear, but a kind of dead calm.

▪ deadly, deathly, eerie, icy

▪ ‘I'm calling the police!’ he stated with deadly calm.

VERB + CALM

▪ appeal for, call for

▪ The government appealed for calm after the riots broke out.

▪ restore

▪ Calm had been restored to the capital.

▪ maintain, regain

▪ He struggled to maintain his calm as they waited.

▪ shatter

▪ The calm was shattered by the sound of an explosion.

CALM + VERB

▪ descend, settle

▪ After the bomb, an uneasy calm settled on the city.

PHRASES

▪ a period of calm

2 at sea

ADJECTIVE

▪ dead, flat (esp. BrE)

▪ The water was a dead calm.

▪ Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm.
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Calm is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fear, ↑mind, ↑nerve, ↑situation
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VERBS

▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound

▪ I may have appeared calm but I certainly didn't feel it.

▪ become

▪ keep, remain, stay

▪ Sit down and keep calm!

▪ The pilot urged the passengers to remain calm.

▪ keep sb

▪ Keep the patient calm.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ remarkably

▪ You seem remarkably calm.

▪ completely, perfectly

▪ Her voice was firm and perfectly calm.

▪ outwardly

▪ The voice sounded outwardly calm.

▪ strangely

▪ The pain had receded and he felt strangely calm.

▪ dead

▪ The sea was dead calm.

PREPOSITION

▪ about

▪ She seemed pretty calm about it.

PHRASES

▪ calm and collected, cool, calm and collected

▪ He remained at all times cool, calm and collected.

Calm is used with these nouns: ↑assurance, ↑atmosphere, ↑composure, ↑confidence, ↑deliberation, ↑dignity, ↑expression, ↑exterior, ↑manner, ↑ocean, ↑reassurance, ↑sea, ↑surface, ↑tone, ↑voice, ↑water, ↑weather

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Synonyms:

Tranquil, placid, quiet, still, smooth, unruffled, Fall of the wind, wind-lull, lull, Still, compose, hush, smooth, allay, lull, becalm, tranquillize / Peaceful, serene, unruffled, tranquil, placid, mild, halcyon, Peace, serenity, tranquillity, placidity, quiet, stillness, repose, equanimity, calmness, Tranquillize, pacify, appease, assuage, quiet, soothe, soften, mollify, moderate, alleviate / Undisturbed, composed, self-possessed, sedate, unruffled, cool, collected

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calm — CALM, Ă, calmi, e, adj., s.n. I. adj. 1. (Despre natură) Care se află în stare de linişte deplină. ♢ Calm ecuatorial = zonă îngustă de o parte şi de alta a ecuatorului, cu presiune atmosferică scăzută, vânturi slabe şi ploi abundente. Calm… … Dicționar Român
calm´ly — calm «kahm, kahlm», adjective, noun, verb. –adj. 1. not stormy or windy; not stirred up; quiet; still: »In fair weather the sea is usually calm. SYNONYM(S): motionless, smooth, placid. 2. Figurative. not excited; peaceful: »Although she was frigh … Useful english dictionary
calm — adj Calm, tranquil, serene, placid, peaceful, halcyonmean quiet and free from all that disturbs or excites. Calm is primarily applied to sea or weather, usually conveys an implicit contrast with its opposite, stormy, and suggests freedom, real or … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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. [1913 Webster] Now all is calm, and fresh, and still. Bryant … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. [1913 Webster] To calm the tempest raised by Eolus. Dryden.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
calm — [käm] n. [ME & OFr calme < OIt calma < LL (Vulg.: Job 30:30) cauma, heat, heat of the day (hence, in It, time to rest, quiet: see SIESTA) < Gr kauma, heat, esp. of the sun < kaiein, to burn; It sp. infl. by L calere, to be hot] 1.… … English World dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
calm — [adj1] peaceful, quiet (inanimate) at a standstill, at peace, bland, bucolic, cool, halcyon, harmonious, hushed, inactive, in order, low key, mild, motionless, pacific, pastoral, placid, quiescent, reposeful, reposing, restful, rural, serene,… … New thesaurus
calm — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other emotions. 2) peaceful and undisturbed. ► NOUN 1) a calm state or period. 2) (calms) an area of the sea without wind. ► VERB (often … English terms dictionary
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Calm — is an adjective meaning peaceful, quiet; particularly used of the weather, free from wind or storm, or of the sea, as opposed to rough. The word appears in French calme, through which it came into English, in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian calma … Wikipedia

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