LULLABYING Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

lullabying

verb

present participle of lullaby

as in calming

to free from distress or disturbance reclining peacefully on the deck, lullabied by the gentle motion of the ship

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The five habits below aren;t about calming the feeling directly, and none of them will make anxiety disappear on contact.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
For women especially, this matters, because progesterone has a natural calming, almost antianxiety effect on the brain.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

Definition of calming

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Drawing me back year after year is the Okefenokee’s breathtaking splendor, magnificent array of plants and animals and its mind-soothing peacefulness and serenity.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
Kozue spends much of her time simply looking around, and there is pleasure to be had in the film’s soothing color palette and soft cinematography.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026

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Emmy-winning composer David Fleming (Widow’s Bay, Superman, HBO’s The Last of Us) was also revealed as the game’s composer, marking his video game composing debut with the main title theme, Logan, now available on all music platforms.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026
The dots composing the words move up the screen while the rest of the pinpoints move downward, generating a visual opposition that the human mind can detect and discern.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

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Parsons went on to self-release multiple full-length soundtrack albums of ominous sci-fi pads, glitchy electronics, and lulling melodies before A24 announced the release of a feature-length film.

— Harry Thorfinn-George, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
The project was about permeating the masses, gradually lulling them with propaganda.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026

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