tranquilizing

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English

Etymology

From tranquilize +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tranquilizing (comparative more tranquilizing, superlative most tranquilizing)

  1. Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative.
  2. (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)

  1. gerund of tranquilize
    1. The act of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep, using a drug.
    2. The act of making someone or something tranquil.

Verb

tranquilizing

  1. present participle and gerund of tranquilize