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lullnoun a momentary halt in an activitywe took the opportunity of a lull in the conversation to announce that we were engaged to be married break, breath, breather, interruption, pause, recess time-outinterim, interlude, intermission, interval, respite, restcessation, discontinuance, downtime, ending, expiration, finishing, hitch, lapse, stoppage, stopping, terminationabeyance, moratorium, surcease, suspensiondiscontinuity, gap, hiatus continuation, endurance, persistence, progress, progressionextension, prolongation lullverbto free from distress or disturbancethe absence of attacks for such an extended period had lulled the nation into a false sense of security becalm, calm, compose, lullaby, quiet, quieten(chiefly British), salve, settle, soothe, still, tranquilize(also tranquillize) appease, conciliate, hush, mollify, pacify, placateallay, alleviate, assuage, ease, lay, mitigate, quell, relax, relieve, solacenarcotize, sedate, stupefy agitate, discompose, disquiet, disturb, key (up), perturb, upset, vex aggravate, heighten, intensifyarouse, excite, foment, incite, rouse, stir (up), work up in the 14th century |