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abirritative

v.
C2 Proficiency abir·ri·ta·tive

v. to stop being angry or upset. It is a very formal word that describes the process of calming down after a strong emotion.

v. to cease being angry or excited; to become calm or quiet. Often used in the context of physiological or emotional states returning to a baseline.


SIMPLE

The patient began to abirritative after the doctor explained the treatment.

CONTEXTUAL

The crowd gradually abirritative as the tension in the stadium began to dissipate.

COMPLEX

The subject's heart rate began to abirritative once the stressful stimuli were removed from the laboratory environment.

Origin

From abirritate + -ive.

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