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Definition of tranquilizing : 1. Alt. of Tranquillizing
2. of Tranquillize

Synonyms:

ataractic, ataraxic, tranquillizing, tranquillising, depressant, tranquilising, sedative

consoling, allaying, quelling, lulling, placating, sedating, appeasing, assuaging, stilling

dulling, boring, fatiguing, tiring, wearying, annoying

quieting, relaxing, abating, calming, moderating, alleviating, pacifying, easing, composing, softening, cooling, soothing, subduing, restraining

hushing, conciliating, relieving, mollifying, reconciling, smoothing, defusing, ebbing, stabilizing

pausing, fixing, sleeping, settling, stagnating, slumbering, vegetating, standing, marking time, resting, staying, waiting, becalming, settling down, subsiding

Usage examples:

• The scene was tranquilizing; nevertheless the young man appeared out of harmony with it. - "A Man and His Money", Frederic Stewart Isham.
• Pretty little bedside tales of the tranquilizing order are grouped in this neat little book for the pleasure of little people and the relief of mothers. - "Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore", Amy Brooks.
• When he tapered off the stirring symphonies of Kun Gee with tranquilizing, soothing melodies from the Rim School of composers, Maril regarded him with a very peculiar gaze indeed. - "This World Is Taboo", Murray Leinster.