Antonyms for cool off
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : kool |
Phonetic Transcription : kul |
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- arouse
- assist
- be active
- be born
- bear
- begin
- bring down
- continue
- create
- delay
- depress
- develop
- discourage
- dissuade
- distress
- disturb
- encourage
- energize
- enlarge
- excite
- expand
- extend
- facilitate
- forward
- foster
- free
- go ahead
- grow
- halt
- harm
- help
- hurt
- incite
- increase
- indulge
- injure
- intensify
- irritate
- leave alone
- let go
- liberate
- live
- loose
- loosen
- move
- permit
- prolong
- promote
- provoke
- raise
- release
- repress
- rise
- start
- stay
- stop
- tense
- trouble
- upset
- win
- worry
- worsen
Definition of cool off
Origin :- Old English col "not warm" (but usually not as severe as cold), also, of persons, "unperturbed, undemonstrative," from Proto-Germanic *koluz (cf. Middle Dutch coel, Dutch koel, Old High German kuoli, German kühl "cool," Old Norse kala "be cold"), from PIE root *gel- "cold, to freeze" (see cold (adj.)).
- Applied since 1728 to large sums of money to give emphasis to amount. Meaning "calmly audacious" is from 1825. Slang use for "fashionable" is 1933, originally Black English; modern use as a general term of approval is from late 1940s, probably from bop talk and originally in reference to a style of jazz; said to have been popularized in jazz circles by tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Related: Coolly.
- As in kick back : verb relax
- As in lull : verb calm, ease off
- As in relax : verb be or feel at ease
- As in salve : verb soothe
- As in soothe : verb calm, ease
- As in calm down : verb compose oneself
- As in chill out : verb calm down
- As in constrain : verb force; restrain
- As in curb : verb repress, restrict
- As in decease : verb pass away; expire
Synonyms for cool off
- abate
- abstain
- allay
- alleviate
- ally
- appease
- assuage
- balm
- ban
- bar
- becalm
- bind
- bit
- bottle up
- box in
- breathe easy
- bridle
- bring to screeching halt
- butter up
- buy a one-way ticket
- call off all bets
- calm
- calm down
- catch one's breath
- cease
- chain
- check
- check out
- cheer
- chill
- chill out
- clog
- coerce
- collect oneself
- compel
- compose
- compose oneself
- concuss
- confine
- console
- constrain
- constrict
- contain
- control
- control oneself
- cook
- cool
- cool down
- cool it
- cool off
- cork
- croak
- curb
- decrease
- deep six
- deny
- depart
- deprive
- die
- die down
- diminish
- disallow
- drive
- drop
- dulcify
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ebb
- entrammel
- fall
- feel at home
- fetter
- get hold of oneself
- go
- go easy
- hamper
- hang loose
- heal
- help
- hem in
- hinder
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- hush
- ice
- immure
- impede
- impel
- imprison
- incarcerate
- inhibit
- intern
- jail
- keep cool
- keep lid on
- keep tight rein on
- knock off
- lay back
- laze
- leash
- let oneself go
- let up
- lie down
- lighten
- loosen up
- lull
- lullaby
- make
- make nice
- make oneself at home
- make up
- manacle
- mellow
- mellow out
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- muzzle
- necessitate
- oblige
- pacify
- pass
- pass away
- pass on
- pass over
- patch things up
- perish
- play up to
- pour oil on
- pressure
- pressurize
- put a lid on
- put half nelson on
- put one's feet up
- qualify
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- recline
- refrain
- regain one's composure
- rein in
- relax
- relieve
- repose
- rest
- restrain
- restrain oneself
- retard
- scrub
- send up
- settle
- settle back
- settle down
- shackle
- shotgun
- simmer down
- sit around
- sit back
- slacken
- smooth down
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- square
- stifle
- still
- stop work
- stroke
- subdue
- subside
- succumb
- suppress
- take a break
- take a breather
- take a chill pill
- take a load off
- take it easy
- take one's time
- take ten
- take the edge
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- take the sting out of
- take time out
- tame
- temper
- tie
- tie up
- tranquilize
- unbend
- unburden
- unlax
- untrouble
- unwind
- urge
- wane
- wind down
- withhold
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