N. moderation,
lenity, temperateness, gentleness,
sobriety, quiet, mental calmness, moderating,
anaphrodisia,
relaxation, remission,
mitigation,
tranquilization,
assuagement, contemporation,
pacification, measure, juste milieu, golden mean, ἄριστον μέτρον,
moderator,
lullaby,
sedative,
lenitive,
demulcent,
antispasmodic,
carminative,
laudanum,
rose water,
balm,
poppy,
opiate,
anodyne, milk, opium, "poppy or mandragora", wet blanket,
palliative V. be -moderate, keep within bounds, keep within compass, sober down, settle down, keep the peace,
remit, relent, take in sail, moderate,
soften,
mitigate, temper, accoy|,
attemper,
contemper,
mollify,
lenify,
dulcify, dull, take off the edge,
blunt,
obtund,
sheathe,
subdue,
chasten, sober down, tone down, smooth down,
weaken,
lessen, check palliate,
tranquilize,
pacify,
assuage,
appease,
swag,
lull,
soothe,
compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet,
hush,
quell,
sober,
pacify,
tame, damp, lay,
allay,
rebate,
slacken, smooth,
alleviate, rock to sleep,
deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off,
slake,
curb,
tame, smooth over, pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters, pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin, go out like a lamb, "roar you as gently as any sucking dove,"
Adj. moderate,
lenient, gentle, mild,
mellow, cool,
sober, temperate, reasonable, measured, tempered, calm,
unruffled, quiet,
tranquil, still, slow, smooth, untroubled,
tame, peaceful, peaceable, pacific,
halcyon, unexciting,
unirritating, soft,
bland,
oily,
demulcent,
lenitive,
anodyne,
hypnotic,
sedative,
antiorgastic,
anaphrodisiac, mild as mother's milk, milk and water
Adv. moderately,
gingerly,
piano, under easy sail, at half speed, within bounds, within compass, in reason
Phr. est modue in rebus, pour oil on troubled waters, 4, indirect power
N. intelligence, capacity,
comprehension, understanding,
cuteness, sabe *, savvy *, intellect,
nous, parts,
sagacity, mother wit, wit,
esprit,
gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect, acuteness,
acumen,
subtlety,
penetration,
perspicacy,
perspicacity,
discernment, due sense of, good judgment,
discrimination,
cunning, refinement, head, brains,
headpiece, upper story, long head, eagle eye, eagle- glance, eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk, wisdom,
sapience, sense, good sense,
common sense, horse sense, plain sense,
rationality, reason, reasonableness, judgment,
solidity, depth,
profundity,
caliber, enlarged views, reach of thought, compass of thought, enlargement of mind, genius, inspiration, geist, fire of genius, heaven-born genius, soul, talent,
prudence,
vigilance,
tact,
foresight,
sobriety,
self-possession,
aplomb,
ballast, a bright thought, not a bad idea, solomon-like wisdom
V. be -intelligent, have all one's wits about one, understand, catch an idea, take in an idea, take a joke, take a hint, see through, see at a glance, see with half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone,
penetrate,
discern,
foresee,
discriminate, know what's what, listen to reason
Adj. intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive,
brainy,
awake, bright, quick, sharp, quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp- eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted,
wide-awake,
canny,
shrewd,
astute,
clear-headed,
farsighted,
discerning,
perspicacious,
penetrating,
piercing,
argute,
quick-witted, nimble- witted, needle-witted, sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack, alive to,
clever, arch, pas si bete, acute, wise,
sage,
sapient,
sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens,
judicious,
strong-minded,
unprejudiced,
unbiased,
unbigoted,
unprepossessed,
undazzled,
unperplexed, unwarped judgment, impartial,
equitable, fair, cool,
cool-headed,
long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed, long- sighted,
calculating, thoughtful,
reflecting, solid, deep, profound,
oracular,
heaven-directed,
heaven-born,
prudent,
sober, stand, solid,
considerate,
politic, wise in one's generation, watchful,
provident, in advance of one' age, wise as a serpent, wise as solomon, wise as solon, wise, sensible, reasonable,
judicious, well- thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised,
prudent,
politic, expedient
Phr. aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet, "but with the morning cool reflection came", flosculi sententiarum, les affaires font les hommes, mas vale saber que haber, mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit, nosce te, γνῶθι σεαυτόν, nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit, sapere aude, victrix fortunae sapientia
N. sanity, soundness,
rationality,
sobriety, # lucidity, lucid interval, senses, sober senses, right mind, sound mind, mens sana
V. be sane, retain one's senses, retain one's reason, become sane, come to one's senses, sober down, render sane, bring to one's senses, sober
Adj. sane, rational, reasonable, compos mentis, of sound mind, sound, sound-minded,
lucid,
self-possessed,
sober,
sober-minded, in one's sober senses, in one's right mind, in possession of one's faculties
Adv. sanely
N. inexcitability, imperturbability,
inirritability, even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion,
tolerance,
patience, coolth, passiveness,
hebetude,
hebetation,
impassibility,
stupefaction, coolness, calmness,
composure,
placidity, indisturbance,
imperturbation, sang froid, tranquility,
serenity, quiet,
quietude, peace of mind, mental calmness,
staidness, gravity,
sobriety,
quakerism, philosophy,
equanimity,
stoicism, command of temper,
self-possession,
self-control,
self-command,
self-restraint, ice water in one's veins, presence of mind, submission,
resignation,
sufferance,
supportance,
endurance, longsufferance,
forbearance,
longanimity,
fortitude, patience of job, patience "on a monument", patience "sovereign o'er transmuted ill",
moderation, repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling, restraint,
tranquillization V. be composed, laisser faire, laisser aller, take things easily, take things as they come, take it easy, rub on, live and let live, take easily, take cooly, take in good part, aequam servare mentem, bear the brunt, bear well, go through, support,
endure,
brave, disregard,
tolerate, suffer, stand,
bide,
abide,
aby, bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with,
acquiesce, submit, submit with a good grace, resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to,
brook,
digest, eat,
swallow,
pocket, stomach, make light of, make the best of, make "a virtue of necessity", put a good face on, keep one's countenance, check check oneself,
compose,
appease,
propitiate, repress, render insensible, overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's excitability, master one's feelings, make oneself easy, make one's mind easy, set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at rest, calm down, cool down, gentle,
thaw, grow cool, be borne, be endured, go down
Adj. inexcitable, unexcitable,
imperturbable,
unsusceptible,
unpassionate,
dispassionate,
cold-blooded,
irritable,
enduring,
stoical,
platonic, philosophic,
staid, stayed,
sober, sober minded, grave, sober as a judge, grave as a judge,
sedate,
demure,
cool-headed,
easy-going, peaceful,
placid, calm, quiet as a mouse,
tranquil,
serene, cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard, undemonstrative, temperate, composed, collected, unexcited,
unstirred,
unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed,
unimpassioned,
unoffended, unresisting,
meek,
tolerant, patient, patient as job,
submissive,
tame, content, resigned,
chastened, subdued,
lamblike, gentle as a lamb, suaviter in modo, mild as mothers milk, soft as peppermint, armed with patience, bearing with, clement,
long-suffering Adv. "like patience on a monument smiling at grief", aequo animo, in cold blood, more in sorrow than in anger
Phr. "cool calm and collected", keep calm in the midst of a storm, "adversity's sweet milk, philosophy", mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspecite, quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes, "they also serve who only stand and wait", section ii, personal affections 1, passive affections
N. dejection,
dejectedness, depression, prosternation|, lowness of spirits, depression of spirits, weight on the spirits, oppression on the spirits, damp on the spirits, low spirits, bad spirits, drooping spirits, depressed spirits, heart sinking, heaviness of heart, failure of heart,
heaviness,
infestivity,
gloom,
weariness, taedium vitae, disgust of life, mal du pays, anhedonia,
melancholy,
sadness, il penseroso,
melancholia, dismals, blues, lachrymals,
mumps, dumps, blue devils,
doldrums, vapors, megrims,
spleen, horrors,
hypochondriasis,
pessimism, la maladie sans maladie,
despondency, slough of despond,
disconsolateness, hope deferred, blank despondency, voiceless woe, prostration of soul, broken heart,
despair, cave of despair, cave of trophonius demureness, gravity,
solemnity, long face, grave face,
hypochondriac, seek sorrow,
self-tormentor, heautontimorumenos, malade imaginaire, medecin tant pis,
croaker,
pessimist,
mope,
mopus,
affliction, sorry sight, memento mori, damper, wet blanket, job's comforter
V. be dejected,
grieve,
mourn, take on, give way, lose heart,
despond,
droop, sink, lower, look downcast,
frown,
pout, hang down the head, pull a long face, make a long face, laugh on the wrong side of the mouth, grin a ghastly smile, look blue, look like a drowned man, lay to heart, take to heart,
mope, brood over,
fret,
sulk, pine, pine away,
yearn, repine,
despair, refrain from laughter, keep one's countenance, be grave, look grave, repress a smile,
depress, discourage,
dishearten,
dispirit, damp, dull,
deject, lower, sink,
dash, knock down, unman,
prostrate, break one's heart, frown upon, cast a gloom, cast a shade on,
sadden, damp one's hopes, dash one's hopes, wither one's hopes, weigh on the mind, lie heavy on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, lie heavy on the spirits, prey on the spirits, damp the spirits, depress the spirits
Adj. cheerless, joyless, spiritless,
uncheerful,
uncheery, unlively, unhappy,
melancholy,
dismal,
somber, dark,
gloomy,
triste, clouded,
murky, lowering,
frowning,
lugubrious,
funereal,
mournful,
lamentable,
dreadful,
dreary, flat, dull, dull as a beetle, dull as ditchwater,
depressing, "melancholy as a gib cat", oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy,
downcast,
downhearted, down in the mouth, down in one's luck, heavy-hearted, in the dumps, down in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums, in doleful dumps, in bad humor,
sullen,
mumpish,
dumpish,
mopish,
moping,
moody,
glum,
sulky, out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits, ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low,
weary, discouraged,
disheartened,
desponding,
chapfallen,
chopfallen, jaw fallen, crest fallen,
sad,
pensive, penseroso, tristful,
dolesome,
doleful, woebegone,
lacrymose,
lachrymose, in tears,
melancholic, hypped,
hypochondriacal,
bilious,
jaundiced,
atrabilious,
saturnine,
splenetic,
lackadaisical, serious,
sedate,
staid, stayed, grave as a judge, grave as an undertaker, grave as a mustard pot,
sober, sober as a judge, solemn,
demure,
grim,
grim-faced,
grim-visaged,
rueful,
wan, long-faced,
disconsolate, unconsolable,
inconsolable,
forlorn, comfortless,
desolate, desole, sick at heart, soul sick, heart sick, au desespoir, in despair, lost, overcome, broken down, borne down, bowed down,
heartstricken, cut up,
dashed, sunk, unnerved,
unmanned, down fallen,
downtrodden,
broken-hearted,
careworn Adv. with a long face, with tears in one's eyes,
sadly Phr. the countenance falling, the heart failing, the heart sinking within one, "a plague of sighing and grief", "thick-ey'd musing and curs'd melancholy", "the sickening pang of hope deferred"
N. temperance,
moderation,
sobriety,
soberness, # forbearance,
abnegation,
self-denial,
self-restraint,
self-control,
frugality,
vegetarianism,
teetotalism, total abstinence,
abstinence,
abstemiousness, encratism,
prohibition, system of pythagoras, system of cornaro,
pythagorism,
stoicism,
vegetarian,
pythagorean,
gymnosophist,
teetotaler,
abstainer, designated driver,
encratite, fruitarian, hydropot|
V. be temperate,
abstain,
forbear,
refrain, deny oneself,
spare, swear off, know when one has had enough, know one's limit, take the pledge, go on the wagon
Adj. temperate, moderate,
sober,
frugal,
sparing,
abstemious,
abstinent, within compass, measured, on the wagon, on the water wagon, dry,
pythagorean,
vegetarian,
teetotal Phr. appetitus rationi obediant, l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la raison, trahit sua quemque voluptas
N. sobriety,
teetotalism, # temperance, water-drinker, hydropot|,
prohibitionist,
teetotaler, teetotalist,
abstainer, good templar, band of hope
V. take the pledge
Adj. sober, sober as a judge