Synonyms of becalm

becalm

verb

bi-ˈkä(l)m 

as in to calm

to free from distress or disturbance

becalmed at last, she slept soundly for the first time in weeks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calm
• soothe
• lull
• compose
• quiet
• appease
• relax
• quieten
• tranquilize
• still
• salve
• relieve
• settle
• hush
• lullaby
• quell
• placate
• conciliate
• pacify
• mollify
• allay
• ease
• alleviate
• mitigate
• assuage
• solace
• sedate
• stupefy
• lay
• narcotize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disturb
• upset
• vex
• agitate
• perturb
• intensify
• aggravate
• disquiet
• discompose
• heighten
• arouse
• excite
• key (up)
• rouse
• stir (up)
• incite
• foment
• work up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of becalm

Within an hour of pushing off, though, we were becalmed and drifted straight toward Faith Hill’s house. — Porter Fox, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019

But if the world’s major central banks are moving in lockstep and bond yields are becalmed at low levels, there’s less opportunity to make money. — Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019

Eighteenth-century sailors referred to this part of the Atlantic as the horse latitudes because, the story goes, ships would get becalmed there and have to dump their horses overboard as freshwater supplies dwindled. — David Doubilet, National Geographic, 12 June 2019

In some of Paglen’s works, drones are seen as nothing more than a dark speck against a backdrop of becalming gray or sun-gold clouds, a way of denoting their possibly sinister near invisibility in our world. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 31 May 2018

But with his party becalmed at around just 20% in the polls, Mr Sánchez wants his Socialists, with just 84 of the 350 seats in parliament, to govern alone for an unspecified period. — The Economist, 31 May 2018

What is the value of clean, unchemical thinking, and where’s the narrative rush of a life becalmed? — Beth Kephart, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2018