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Antonyms for lull
lʌllull

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Wiktionary2.5 / 2 votes

  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 Antonyms1.0 / 2 votes

  1. lullverb

    Synonyms:
    calm, quiet, hush, still, tranquilize

  2. lullnoun

    Antonyms:
    tumult, excitement, storm, tempest

    Synonyms:
    quiet, assuagement, cessation, quiescence, subsidence

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 2 votes

  1. lullnoun

    Synonyms:
    calm, calmness, subsidence

  2. lullverb

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

How to use lull in a sentence?

  1. Tony Gonzales:

    And then it stops, and he barricades himself in. That's where there's kind of a lull in the action, all of it, I understand, lasted about an hour, but this is where there's kind of a 30-minute lull. They feel as if they've got him barricaded in. The rest of the students in the school are now leaving.

  2. 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.

  3. Martin King:

    Since the beginning of the month we've seen the yen slide back against the dollar but the return is far from linear and the intra-day appreciation we're seeing is enough to keep investors on their toes, at present the focus is on Japan's role as host of the G7 summit and pending any egregious missteps there we expect to see a lull in volatility as the market awaits further catalysts.

  4. 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. ’.

  5. Andrew Weiss:

    There is palpable concern in Washington that a brief lull is only temporary.

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