Calm and Turning

Opposite meaning words

Calm verb - To free from distress or disturbance.

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Turning is an antonym for calm.

Nearby Words: calmness, calmed, calming, calmly

Turning noun - A movement in a new direction.

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Calm is an antonym for turning in topics: sicken, twist a body part.

Nearby Words: turn, turned, turner, turnery

complete	complete calm	complete turning
serious	serious calm	serious turning
young	young calm	young turning
interesting	interesting calm	interesting turning
Other adjectives: famous, apparent.

Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito: A relatively calm use of the trope, Azuma Hatsumi (Eve), who simply disappears from any world she enters upon turning 16.

Source: Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday
She remains calm and composed when she fights by turning herself into water, no thanks to being a Nigh Invulnerable Elemental Shapeshifter.

Source: Lady of War
In one of the original pilot episodes, Fuzzy Lumpkins was a calm calculating villain who could invent guns turning people and items into meat.

Source: Characterization Marches On / Western Animation

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