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sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise

v. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"

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adj. characterized by dignity and propriety

adj. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

v. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still

v. make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

dope, dope up

v. give a narcotic to; "The athletes were dope by the coach before the race"

put to sleep

v. help someone go to bed; "Mother put the baby to sleep"

knock out

v. empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out; "knocked out a pipe"

slake, abate, slack

v. make less active or intense

calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it

v. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

soothe

v. cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

subordinate, subdue

v. make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"

relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

mollify

v. make less rigid or softer

dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening

adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

grave, sedate, sober, solemn

adj. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

proper

adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian

adj. exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

serious

adj. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"

steady

adj. not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer"

sedate, staid

adj. characterized by dignity and propriety

dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening

adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

somber, sombre, serious

adj. (unplayful)

in good taste(p)

adj. satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards

earnest, sincere, solemn

adj. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message"

overserious

adj. excessively serious

real

adj. not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"

thoughtful, serious-minded

adj. acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"

sobering

adj. tending to make sober or more serious; "the news had a sobering effect"

stimulate, excite

v. act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"

frivolous

adj. not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"

witty

adj. combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"

trivial

adj. concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"

flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained

adj. guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls"

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