TRANQUILIZED Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

tranquilized 1 of 2

adjective

variants also tranquillized

as in relieved

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tranquilized

2 of 2

verb

variants also tranquillized

past tense of tranquilize

as in calmed

to free from distress or disturbance at long last the crying baby was tranquilized by the steady rocking of her cradle

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Wildlife officials said biologists responded to the location and conducted an assessment of the mountain lion after it was tranquilized. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Jean manages to break into the secret vault, but she’s tranquilized and apprehended by Tramell Tillman’s Damage Control CEO Bill Metzger. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 July 2026 The happy couple weren’t even able to celebrate Lucy saying yes to the big question Tim popped while down on knee, because they were immediately tranquilized and kidnapped by an Everett crony. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026 The mountain lion was later safely and humanely tranquilized by a biologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), with assistance from wildlife officers and local law enforcement, according to NBC4 and the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 Neukgu was finally found and tranquilized on a hill near an expressway early Friday, after an hours-long search involving drones, police and emergency workers and veterinarians, according to city and zoo officials. — ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026 He was tranquilized from approximately 20 meters (66 feet) away. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026 The mountain lion was tranquilized and removed to be relocated, the publication said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2026 California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials hauling a mother bear to their vehicle after it was tranquilized and captured in Monrovia on Sunday afternoon. — Laurie Perez, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tranquilized

Adjective

Neighbors are also extremely relieved to see the tree finally coming down.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Her relieved All-Star owner gets extra rest and then gets back to work.

— Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of relieved

Verb

After things calmed down, Crespo was curious how Isabella, 9, knew to perform the Heimlich maneuver.

— Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
Global oil and gas markets have calmed since prices spiked at the start of the war, but prices are still significantly higher than before the conflict, and rose again early Friday.

— Amin Khodadadi, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of calmed

Adjective

His psychedelic paintings, sometimes painted in the style of Russian Orthodox icons, often depicted Putin with a bovine nose or hugging pigs.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
Among them are several sustainability goals incentivizing Kering brands to adopt alternative materials like mycelium and to reduce the intensity of bovine leather products.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 11 June 2026

Definition of bovine

Verb

This is not the time to get lulled into a false sense of security, according to BTIG.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
The little girl could be heard well over a rowdy crowd that had about been lulled into passiveness — and eventually, boos in the fifth round — in the humdrum title fight.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of lulled

Adjective

The thickset Armand Assante was a phlegmatic Odysseus, but Greta Scacchi, as Penelope—who has so little to say in the poem—became the physical embodiment of anger, and Isabella Rossellini was a teasing Athena.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Shinichi Atobe’s arresting house and techno beams with inimitable candor, built from bright, phlegmatic loops that run on an eccentric internal logic.

— Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of phlegmatic

Verb

But the group had learned of the Phantom Orchestra, a group in Tbilisi, the capital of what is now Georgia, composed of musicians, poets and activists who had been barred from leaving the Soviet Union.

— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Bookended by drone shots of the Macedonian countryside and a somber cello refrain by Novogradska, this 86-minute doc is otherwise composed of scoreless interviews with subjects seated in front of black curtains and captured in medium range.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

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