tranquilize

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of TRANQUILIZE

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

Synonyms becalm, compose, lull, lullaby, quiet, quieten [chiefly British], salve, settle, soothe, still, tranquilize (also tranquillize)

Related Words appease, conciliate, hush, mollify, pacify, placate; allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, lay, mitigate, quell, relax, relieve, solace; narcotize, sedate, stupefy

Near Antonyms aggravate, heighten, intensify; arouse, excite, foment, incite, rouse, stir (up), work up

Antonyms agitate, discompose, disquiet, disturb, key (up), perturb, upset, vex

tranquilize also tranquillize

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