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lulled

/lʌld/

lulled is the simple past and past participle of lull.

Meaning of lull

Verb

lull (third-person singular simple present lulls, present participle lulling, simple past and past participle lulled)

  1. (transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
    • To lull him soft a sleepe1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30
    Synonyms:
    soothe, quiet, appease
  2. (intransitive) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
    • The storm lulled.
  3. (transitive) To give somebody a false sense of security so that an unpleasant situation takes the person by surprise.
    • They lulled us into thinking we still had time.

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Words formed from lulled

Words that rhyme with lulled

Questions about lulled

What is lulled the simple past and past participle of?
Lulled is the simple past and past participle of lull.
How do you pronounce lulled?
Lulled is pronounced /lʌld/.

Words near lulled in the dictionary

  1. lullabyes
  2. lullabying
  3. lullabyish
  4. lullabylike
  5. lullay
  6. lulled
  7. luller
  8. lullers
  9. lullful
  10. Lullian
  11. lullies

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