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tranquilizing

  • /ˈtɹæŋkwɪˌlaɪzɪŋ/ US, UK

adjective more tranquilizing · most tranquilizing

  1. Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative.
  2. literary Having the effect of making someone or something tranquil; calming, soothing. In a preceding paper I have spoken of an English Sunday in the country, and its tranquilizing effect upon the landscape; but where is its sacred influence more strikingly apparent than in the very heart of that great Babel, London?

noun

  1. uncountable The act of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep, using a drug.
  2. uncountable The act of making someone or something tranquil.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of tranquilize

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Españoltranquilizador, tranquilizante

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@misc{tranquilizing_2026,
  title = {tranquilizing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tranquilizing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}