Antonyms for calm downcalm down

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1. calm downverb

   To become less excited, intense, or angry.

   Calm down before you hurt somebody.

   Synonyms:
   unwind, chillax, chill, chill out, hose down, relax

Matched Categories

1. • Change State
   • Comfort
   • Quieten

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1. calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool itverb

   become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

   "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

   Synonyms:
   tranquilize, tranquillize, becalm, cool, settle, cool down, tranquillise, still, chill out, quiet, sedate, cool off, cool it, simmer down, steady, settle down, calm, root, steady down, lull, take root, quieten

2. 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, lull, quieten

3. lull, calm downverb

   become quiet or less intensive

   "the fighting lulled for a moment"

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

How to use calm down in a sentence?

1. Gail Gross:

   Music can change the way you breathe, so it can help your brain calm down.

2. Edward Hoagland:

   There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows from the equanimity; and they can persuade other people who are in a state of agitation to calm down and manage a smile.

3. Amy Watson:

   Sometimes, (police) walk into a situation and the gun's already pointed, and they have few options at the point. But sometimes things escalate very quickly, cIT takes a step back and get(s) the person to calm down. CIT officers are better prepared to work through that and come to some kind of solution.

4. Jessica Barrios:

   It's not just a bad flu. It's affecting not just older people ; it's affecting kids, too, people need to start taking this seriously and do their part to help try and calm down this virus.

5. Marc Siegel:

   You assume these guys are dropping dead because of what goes on in the ring, but it’s not true. Most of that is staged, occasionally someone gets hurt in the ring… the real reason they die young is because a lot of them are drug addicts, a lot of them are taking cocaine, they bulk up using steroids and it puts a big strain on the heart. They are always under the stress of this performance. They don’t have a natural life; they are always hyped up and they are always trying to calm down.

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