Synonyms for lull
lʌllull

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1. lullnoun

   To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

   About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high 808surfer.com forum

   Synonyms:
   appease

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. lullverb

   Synonyms:
   calm, quiet, hush, still, tranquilize

2. lullnoun

   Synonyms:
   quiet, assuagement, cessation, quiescence, subsidence

   Antonyms:
   tumult, excitement, storm, tempest

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. letup, lullnoun

   a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished

   "there was never a letup in the noise"

   Synonyms:
   quiet, letup

2. lull, quietverb

   a period of calm weather

   "there was a lull in the storm"

   Synonyms:
   tranquility, placidity, repose, letup, serenity, silence, quiet, tranquillity

3. lullverb

   calm by deception

   "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"

   Synonyms:
   tranquillise, calm down, calm, still, tranquillize, quieten, tranquilize, quiet

4. lull, calm downverb

   become quiet or less intensive

   "the fighting lulled for a moment"

   Synonyms:
   cool off, settle down, simmer down, tranquillise, calm down, calm, cool it, still, tranquillize, chill out, quieten, tranquilize, quiet

5. calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, stillverb

   make calm or still

   "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

   Synonyms:
   silence, hush, tranquilize, relieve, tranquillize, becalm, quiet down, ease, tranquillise, still, chill out, quiet, shut up, quiesce, hush up, sedate, cool off, cool it, simmer down, steady, settle down, calm, allay, pipe down, calm down, quieten

Matched Categories

1. • Calm
   • Pause

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. lullverb

   Synonyms:
   compose, quiet, calm, still, hush, tranquillize, put to rest

2. lullverb

   Synonyms:
   subside, cease, become calm

3. lullnoun

   Synonyms:
   calm, calmness

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1. lullnoun

   Synonyms:
   calm, calmness, subsidence

2. lullverb

   Synonyms:
   hush, still, quiet, tranquillize, subside, abate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "lull":

   calm, calmness, quietness, pause, truce, respite, quiet

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1. Daphne Keller:

   There was a lull, but I think the lull is over. there was pretty broad consensus that this was an emergency and you could take emergency measures and forfeit some other priorities in the name of public health.

2. Robert Hanlon:

   These crimes are often preventable if family members are more informed about the potential danger from having someone who is severely mentally ill in the home and who may have shown violent tendencies in the past, family members may lull themselves into a state of false beliefs thinking ‘ my son would never hurt me ’ or ‘ my husband may have a short fuse but he would never seriously harm me. ’.

3. Caroline Bain:

   We think the fourth-quarter (China economic) numbers will pick up as a result of the stimulus we've seen. We're coming to the end of a seasonal lull and it (stimulus) takes time ... to feed through to real demand for metals, whether the Fed hikes tomorrow or not, it's hard to see a massive reaction either way. We've had so much warning this year that the big move in the dollar could be behind us.

4. Charles Cleveland:

   We have seen a bit of a lull in the fighting over the last month-plus, really because we think that a lot of the Taliban fighters have been out harvesting the poppy.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   There are two big probability with Reliance share price 1) It will continue to linger between Rs.2225-Rs.2550 for the next 6 months at least 2) it will fall further to the level of Rs.2000 Probability of its price going up over Rs.2600 only and only when traders stop investing in it and investors start withdrawing own money from it heavily, When reliance share moves up then only others will go up otherwise stock market will remain in lull state