Calmer vs Calmest - What's the difference?
calmer | calmest |
(calm)
A person or thing that calms.
(calm)
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
As adjectives the difference between calmer and calmest
is that calmer is (calm) while calmest is (calm).As a noun calmer
is a person or thing that calms.As a verb calmest is
.calmer
English
Adjective
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Christ was the calmer of a storm on the Sea of Galilee.
Anagrams
* * ----calmest
English
Adjective
(head)Verb
(head)calm
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus