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Synonyms and Antonyms of pacified
- the only thing that would pacify the child and end the tantrum was a new toy
calmed, comforted, consoled, contented, hushed, quieted, soothed, tranquilized (also tranquillized)
delighted, gladdened, gratified, pleased
adulated, blarneyed, flattered, overpraised, soft-soaped
quenched, sated, satiated, satisfied
catered (to), humored, indulged
blandished, cajoled, coaxed, sweet-talked, wheedled
babied, coddled, mollycoddled, pampered, spoiled (or chiefly British spoilt)
aggravated, annoyed, antagonized, bothered, bugged, burned (up) (or burnt (up)), chafed, crossed, exasperated, galled, got, grated, irked, irritated, nettled, peeved, piqued, put out, rankled, riled, roiled, ruffled, vexed (also vext)
harassed, harried, persecuted, pestered
agitated, discomforted, distressed, disturbed, fretted, perturbed, unhinged, unsettled, upset, worried
- additional ground forces were needed to occupy those areas that had already been pacified
annihilated, beat, clobbered, crushed, defeated, drubbed, licked, mowed (down), overcame, prevailed (over), reduced, routed, skunked, smashed, thrashed, triumphed (over), trounced, walloped, whipped
broke, clamped down (on), cracked down (on), put down, quashed, quelled, repressed, silenced, smothered, snuffed (out), squashed, squelched, suppressed
discharged, emancipated, enfranchised, freed, liberated, manumitted, released, sprang (or sprung), unbound, uncaged, unchained, unfettered
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