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Tranquilizing

//ˈtɹæŋkwɪˌlaɪzɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative.
  2. 2
    Having the effect of making someone or something tranquil; calming, soothing. literary

    "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?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    tending to soothe or tranquilize wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of tranquilize; The act of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep, using a drug. uncountable
  2. 2
    gerund of tranquilize; The act of making someone or something tranquil. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of tranquilize form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From tranquilize + -ing.

Etymology 2

From tranquilize + -ing.

Etymology 3

From tranquilize + -ing.

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