'Tranquillizing' definitions:
Definition of 'tranquillizing'
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 'Tranquillizing'
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 'Tranquillizing'
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