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Tranquillize

To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.

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Broader term 5

Affect 76% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Comfort 76% connected

To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

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Console 76% connected

To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.

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Solace 76% connected

Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.

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Soothe 76% connected

To assent to as true.

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Manner of action 13

Appease 76% connected

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or o…

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Assuage 76% connected

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisf…

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Compose 76% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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Conciliate 76% connected

To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

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Gentle 76% connected

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

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Gruntle 76% connected

To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.

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Hypnotize 76% connected

To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

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Lenify 76% connected

To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.

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Lull 76% connected

To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

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Mesmerize 76% connected

To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.

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Mollify 76% connected

To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

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Pacify 76% connected

To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify…

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Placate 76% connected

Same as Placard, 4 & 5.

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Synonym 6

Calm 92% connected

Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lull 92% connected

To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quiet 92% connected

In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sedate 92% connected

Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Still 92% connected

Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tranquilize 92% connected

Alt. of Tranquillize

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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