'Lulling' definitions:
Definition of 'Lulling'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lulling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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