calm down

• Verbe à particule signifiant devenir ou rendre plus calme, réduire l'agitation, l'anxiété ou l'excitation ; se détendre ou apaiser quelqu'un.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of becoming less agitated, anxious, or excited; to relax or soothe.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Become less agitatedinformal

   To become less angry, anxious, or excited.

   se calmer

   • She took a deep breath to calm down.
   • He needed a few minutes to calm down after the argument.
   • The teacher asked the students to calm down.

   Synonymeschill outcool downcool offease offrelaxsettle downsimmer down

   Antonymesagitateexciteflarefretpanicragestormupset

2. Make someone less agitatedinformal

   To help someone become less angry, anxious, or excited.

   calmer quelqu'un

   • The mother calmed down her crying baby.
   • He tried to calm down his friend after the bad news.
   • The manager calmed down the angry customer.

   Synonymesappeaseassuagecomfortmollifypacifyplacatequietreassuresettlesoothe

   Antonymesagitatedisturbexcitefazeinflameprovokerouseupset

Verbe de basecalm