calm – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to calm down
Participle: calmed down
Gerund: calming down

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	calm down
we	Let's calm down
you	calm down

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to evoke a state of peacefulness

allay, becalm, bestill, delay, lull, placate, quell, still, temper, pacify

allay

soothe, pacify, console, appease, quell, assuage, still, comfort

Antonyms

to evoke extreme anger in a person (or animal)

allay, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, comfort, conciliate, console, defuse, disarm, enchant, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, settle, soothe, enrage

allay

provoke, agitate, arouse, rouse

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1380, from O.Fr. calme, traditionally from O.It. calma, from L.L. cauma "heat of the mid-day sun" (in Italy, a time when everything rests and is still), from Gk. kauma "heat" (especially of the sun), from kaiein "to burn." Spelling infl. by L. calere "to be hot." Figurative application to social or mental conditions is 16c.
2. 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, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”).
3. Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quiet, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”). See: Latin 'caleō'.

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