stilling
Bringing to rest
Stilling is the act of making something quiet, calm, or motionless.
Water stills when ripples fade; a crowd stills when attention focuses.
The word often carries a sense of gradual calming rather than sudden silencing: the stilling of her fears, a stilling of the wind at dusk.
Making something still
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- pacifyingCalming someone agitated
- hushingQuieting or water-mining
lulling · tranquilizing · calming · composing · subduing · relaxing · easing · mollifying
Extremely cold
- haltingMarked by hesitation
- stoppingCeasing to continue
- immobilizingPreventing any motion
- suspendingTemporarily ceasing activity
pausing · arresting · ceasing · steadying · stabilizing · fixing · rooting · anchoring
Quieting or water-mining
- mutingSuppressing sound output
- quieteningMaking or becoming silent
- shushingUrging silence vocally
- muzzlingRestraining the mouth
gagging · censoring · suppressing · squelching · dampening · deadening · stifling · smothering
Purification via vaporization
- condensingReducing in volume
- extractingPulling out from within
- purifyingRemoving unwanted substances
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
concentrating · separating · evaporating · vaporizing · alembic · reflux · spirits · moonshining
quieting
Making something still
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- pacifyingCalming someone agitated
hushing · lulling · tranquilizing · calming · composing · subduing · relaxing · easing · mollifying · placating
freezing
Extremely cold
- haltingMarked by hesitation
- stoppingCeasing to continue
- immobilizingPreventing any motion
suspending · pausing · arresting · ceasing · steadying · stabilizing · fixing · rooting · anchoring · paralysis
hushing
Quieting or water-mining
- mutingSuppressing sound output
- quieteningMaking or becoming silent
- shushingUrging silence vocally
muzzling · gagging · censoring · suppressing · squelching · dampening · deadening · stifling · smothering · quashing
distillation
Purification via vaporization
- condensingReducing in volume
- extractingPulling out from within
- purifyingRemoving unwanted substances
refining · concentrating · separating · evaporating · vaporizing · alembic · reflux · spirits · moonshining · rectifying
stillingagitating
Disturbing or stirring up
moving · stirring · shaking · activating · setting in motion
stillingagitating
Disturbing or stirring up
arousing · exciting · disturbing · unsettling · riling
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