Lulling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lull \Lull\ (l[u^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lulled} (l[u^]ld); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Lulling}.] [Akin to OD. lullen to sing to
     sleep, G. lullen, Dan. lulle, Sw. lulla; all of imitative
     origin. Cf. {Loll}, {Lollard}.]
     To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm;
     to soothe; to quiet. " To lull him soft asleep." --Spenser.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie,
           To lull the daughters of necessity.      --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lulling
       adj : causing to become tranquil [syn: {calming}, {quietening}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "lulling":
     abatement, allayment, alleviation, analgesia, anesthesia,
     anesthetizing, appeasement, appeasing, assuagement, blunting,
     calming, cradling, damping, deadening, demulsion, diminishment,
     diminution, dreamy, drowsy, dulcification, dulling, ease, easement,
     easing, falling-off, gentling, hushing, leniency, lessening,
     letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, mitigation, modulation,
     mollification, mollifying, numbing, pacification, pacifying,
     palliation, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relief,
     remedy, remission, restful, rocking, salving, slackening,
     softening, soothful, soothing, stilling, subduement, tempering,
     tranquilization, tranquilizing