'Tranquilizing' definitions:
Definition of 'tranquilizing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed" [syn: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilizing, tranquillizing, tranquilising, tranquillising]
Definition of 'Tranquilizing'
From: GCIDE
- Tranquilizing \Tran"quil*i`zing\, Tranquillizing \Tran"quil*li`zing\, a. Making tranquil; calming. " The tranquilizing power of time." --Wordsworth. -- {Tran"quil*i`zing*ly} or {Tran"quil*li`zing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tranquilizing'
From: GCIDE
- Tranquilize \Tran"quil*ize\, Tranquillize \Tran"quil*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tranquilizedor Tranquilliized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tranquilizingor Tranquillizing.] [Cf. F. tranquilliser.] To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify. [1913 Webster] Tranquilizer
Synonyms of 'tranquilizing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analgesic,
- anodyne,
- appeasing,
- calmant,
- calmative,
- calming,
- cradling,
- depressant,
- dreamy,
- drowsy,
- gentling,
- hushing,
- hypnotic,
- lulling,
- mollifying,
- narcotic,
- pacifying,
- paregoric,
- quietening,
- restful,
- rocking,
- sedative,
- sleep-inducing,
- somnifacient,
- somniferous,
- soothful,
- soothing,
- soporific,
- stilling
Words containing 'Tranquilizing'
- Tranquil,
- Tranquilization,
- Tranquilize,
- Tranquilized,
- Tranquilizer,
- Tranquilizingly,
- Tranquillity,
- Tranquillization,
- Tranquillize,
- Tranquillizer,
- Tranquillizing,
- Tranquillizingly,
- Tranquilness,
- tranquility,
- Tranquillity, CA,
- major tranquilizer,
- major tranquillizer,
- minor tranquilizer,
- minor tranquillizer