agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse

surge, upswing, doldrums, uptick, upsurge, spike, upturn, flurry, pause, petering, breather, boomlet, spurt, slump, hiatus, slowdown, respite, rut, torpor, truce, hibernation, ebbs, choppiness, resurgence, dormancy, preholiday, stagnation, stalemate, letup, period, pullback, normalcy, jitters, spate, complacence, interlude, downturn, plateauing, normality, funks, dip, thaw, purple patch, slumber, sluggishness, inactivity, tapering, onslaught, reprieve, fizzle, brisker, runup, quiescence, interregnum, resurge, listlessness, break, falloff, glimmers, slackening, frenzy, dawn, slowing, daylight, silence, ceasefire, wave, intifadah, mugginess, weakness, cycle, onset, blip, jolt, cold snap, harmattan, hiccup, whirlwind, stupor, panic, malaise, delay, momentum, calm, scare, quietude, chill, rebound, glut, lag, earnest, chaos, boom, rush, springtime, siesta, winter, decline, impasse, deadlock, bounceback, optimism, intermission, absence, postponement, hesitation, lapse, easing, letdown, cessation, flip, put, read, shorter, apposite, blackest, burn, busier, buy, by, darkest, finish, hand, inked, leave, longer, nonworking, pull, rounding, running

appease, assuage, assure, compose, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate, reassure

berceuse, cradlesong, lullaby

break, calm, calmness, calm down, comfort, console, hush, hush up, intermission, interruption, pause, quiet, quieten, shut up, silence, solace, soothe, still, suspension, tranquilize, tranquillize

calm, calm down, letup, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillize