calm
Meaning
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- Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
- Free of noise and disturbance.
- with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
- Without wind or storm.
Synonyms
becalm
make silent
feel at ease
make calm
make peaceful
become calm
be calm
self-composed
quiten
calm air
shoot dead
slack water
wide-open
become silent
give hope
keep silent
peaceful life
become fine
sitting tailor fashion
not at all tense
selfpossessed
free from anger
stop weeping
moderationist
peacefu
self-composure
not angry
not overeager
not windy
sheltered from the wind
showing no respect
unemotional person
even tempered
conciliate
peace-loving
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɑːm/
Etymology
From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”). Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quite, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”).
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