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tranquilizing

adjective
variants: also tranquillizing

Synonyms and Antonyms of tranquilizing

tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress
  • a woman who put a lot of faith in the tranquilizing effects of a cup of tea
Synonyms of tranquilizing

calming, comforting, dreamy, lulling, narcotic, pacifying, quieting, relaxing, sedative, soothing
Words Related to tranquilizing

hypnotic, opiate

analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, deadening, depressant, numbing

antianxiety, antidepressant, antidepression, antistress
Near Antonyms of tranquilizing

painful, stressful, tiresome, troubling, trying, unsettling, worrisome

energizing, invigorating, stimulant, stimulating

aggravating, annoying, bothersome, disturbing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, grating, harassing, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, troublesome, vexatious, vexing

tranquilizing

verb , present participle of tranquilize
variants: also tranquillizing

Synonyms and Antonyms of tranquilizing

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

becalming, calming, composing, lullabying, lulling, quietening [chiefly British], quieting, salving, settling, soothing, stilling
Words Related to tranquilizing

appeasing, conciliating, hushing, mollifying, pacifying, placating

allaying, alleviating, assuaging, easing, laying, mitigating, quelling, relaxing, relieving, solacing

narcotizing, sedating, stupefying
Near Antonyms of tranquilizing

aggravating, heightening, intensifying

arousing, exciting, fomenting, inciting, rousing, stirring (up), working up
Antonyms of tranquilizing

agitating, discomposing, disquieting, disturbing, keying (up), perturbing, upsetting, vexing

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