English > tranquilize: 2 senses > verb 1, emotionMeaning | make calm or still. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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Model | Sam cannot tranquilize Sue |
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Synonyms | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still |
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Narrower | compose | calm (someone, especially oneself) |
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lull | calm by deception |
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | Cause to be more favorably inclined |
reassure, assure | Cause to feel sure |
Broader | comfort, soothe, console, solace | Give moral or emotional strength to |
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Opposite | agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused |
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Spanish | aquietar, callar, calmar, serenar, tranquilizar |
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Catalan | aquietar, asserenar, calmar, tranquil·litzar |
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Nouns | tranquilizer | a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity |
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