tranquilizing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make calm or still
    still; tranquilize; tranquillize; calm down; quiet; calm; tranquillise; quieten; lull.
    • quiet the dragons of worry and fear
  2. verb cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
    tranquilize; tranquillize; calm; sedate; tranquillise.
    • The patient must be sedated before the operation
  3. adjective satellite tending to soothe or tranquilize
    ataractic; sedative; tranquillizing; tranquillising; ataraxic; tranquilising.
    • valium has a tranquilizing effect
    • took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed

WordNet

Tran"quil*i`zing, Tran"quil*li`zing adjective (Also<
  • Tranquilizing
  • Tranquillizing
)
Definitions
  1. Making tranquil; calming. " The tranquilizing power of time." Wordsworth. -- Tran"quil*i`zing*ly or Tran"quil*li`zing*ly, adv.

Webster 1913