Antonyms for lulling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : luhl

Phonetic Transcription : lʌl

Definition of lulling

Origin : early 14c., lullen "hush to sleep," probably imitative of lu-lu sound used to lull a child to sleep (cf. Swedish lulla "to hum a lullaby," German lullen "to rock," Sanskrit lolati "moves to and fro," Middle Dutch lollen "to mutter"). Figurative use from 1570s. Related: Lulled; lulling.

verb calm, ease off

Example sentences :

The lulling hymns were like the very vertigo that bore them away.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

She led him back to bed, soothing him like a child, lulling him with a fib.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

The distant lawns were lulling to sleep the breezes that kissed them.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

Pedro Montero had a talent for lulling his adversaries into a sense of security.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

And I fancy that you will not believe, either, that the sea is lulling now.
Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough

Only by overcoming the latter, and lulling it to sleep, can he recover the eternal.
Extract from : « Christianity As A Mystical Fact » by Rudolf Steiner

She was lulling her to sleep, and held up her finger to me enjoining silence.
Extract from : « Allan's Wife » by H. Rider Haggard

You may be lulling yourselves to sleep with delusive opiates.
Extract from : « Memories of Bethany » by John Ross Macduff

The lulling of the wind gave the waves a chance to gather force and height.
Extract from : « Swept Out to Sea » by W. Bertram Foster

Just as she was lulling herself into a doze, that question seized and roused her.
Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for lulling

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