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tranquilizing

tranquilizing

6.2
To make someone feel calm and less worried
  • adjective
  • /træŋˈkwɪlaɪzɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : tranquilizante
  • After a busy week, I find that a warm bath is incredibly tranquilizing and helps to ease my stress.

You are the moment I wish I could put your glittering rainbow diamond encrusted, toxed and tranquilized patooties in my pocket.

Examples

  • I have seldom met a more tranquil and tranquilizing scene in this or any other country.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The soothing music had a tranquilizing effect on everyone in the room, helping them relax after a long day.

  • You are the moment I wish I could put your glittering rainbow diamond encrusted, toxed and tranquilized patooties in my pocket.

    I've Had It

  • At once transgressive, political, sensual, and tranquilizing, the cigarette helped configure a new American woman both seduced by capital and consumed by carnality.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The herbal tea was tranquilizing, allowing her to unwind and drift into a peaceful sleep.

Synonyms

soothing
vstranquilizing
81 2.9

That makes pain or worry feel less strong

focuses on easing anxiety rather than relieving physical pain
relaxing
vstranquilizing
47 1.0

Making you feel calm and comfortable

targets lowering anxious feelings rather than general physical comfort
sedative
vstranquilizing
2 5.8

Calming and making someone feel sleepy

aims to calm without implying it will cause sleep
calmative
vstranquilizing
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Having a soothing effect that reduces worry

refers more broadly to calming and general relaxation
tranquilising
vstranquilizing
  • UK
6.4

That makes a person feel calm and less anxious

is the same meaning but spelled with z in other varieties
ataraxic
vstranquilizing
  • Specialized
9.9

Causing calm and reducing worry

is the everyday calming effect rather than a technical term
ataractic
vstranquilizing
  • Specialized
9.9

Causing calm and reducing nervous excitement

describes the calming outcome rather than the specific medicinal agent

Antonyms

exciting
∞ 1.0

Making people feel very interested and eager

agitating
7.0

Causing people to feel angry or annoyed

How Calming

sedative
2 5.8
tranquilizing
  • US
6.2
soothing
81 2.9

Surface Forms

tranquilizing positive
tranquilizer positive
tranquillizing positive

Morphology

tranquilizing = tranquilize (transparent) = tranquil + ize + ing

Formed by adding the participial suffix '-ing' to the verb 'tranquilize', producing a meaning directly predictable from the verb.

Etymology

The word tranquilizing comes from tranquil, which means 'calm' or 'quiet', and the ending -ize, which means 'to make'. So tranquilizing is 'making calm', which is why tranquilizing medicines or music help people relax.