stilled
Brought to rest
Stilled is the past tense of still, meaning to make quiet or calm.
Wind stills, waves still, a crowd stills.
The word often appears in literary contexts: The room stilled when she entered.
A stilled voice has been silenced; a stilled heart has stopped beating.
Calmed or comforted
- pacifiedMade tranquil again
- placatedMade calm through concession
- quietedMade less loud
- settledNo longer in question
reassured · comforted · consoled · appeased · mollified · assuaged · gentled · lulled
Made less loud
- hushedReduced to silence
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- suppressedForcibly held down
- shushedCommanded into silence
muffled · dampened · deadened · quashed · squelched · gagged · censored · smothered
soothed
Calmed or comforted
settled · reassured · comforted · consoled · appeased · mollified · assuaged · gentled · lulled · hushed
quieted
Made less loud
- hushedReduced to silence
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- suppressedForcibly held down
shushed · muffled · dampened · deadened · quashed · squelched · gagged · censored · smothered · extinguished
peaceful
Free from disturbance
unruffled · composed · restful · undisturbed · untroubled · halcyon · reposeful · becalmed · glassy · mirror-like
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
- immobileUnable to shift
- stationaryNot in motion
- fixedRestored or immovable
unmoving · halted · stopped · arrested · suspended · paused · static · inert · rooted · anchored
stilledagitated
Emotionally disturbed, restless
stirred · roused · activated · animated · set in motion
- hold stillRemain without moving
- sit stillRemain motionless and calm
- be still my heartIronic romantic exclamation
- standing stillAbsence of motion
- sitting stillSeated without movement
- stand stillCease all movement
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