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English
Etymology
From tranquilize + -ing.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tranquilizing (comparative more tranquilizing, superlative most tranquilizing)
- Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative.
- (literary) Having the effect of making someone or something tranquil; calming, soothing.
1848, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “A Sunday in London”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (The Works of Washington Irving; II), author’s revised edition, New York, N.Y., London: George P Putnam, , →OCLC, page 141: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?
Noun
tranquilizing (uncountable)
- gerund of tranquilize
- The act of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep, using a drug.
- The act of making someone or something tranquil.
Verb
tranquilizing
- present participle and gerund of tranquilize