tranquilizing adj 1: tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed" [syn: {ataractic}, {ataraxic}, {sedative}, {tranquilizing}, {tranquillizing}, {tranquilising}, {tranquillising}]
Tranquilizing \Tran"quil*i`zing\, Tranquillizing \Tran"quil*li`zing\, a. Making tranquil; calming. " The tranquilizing power of time." --Wordsworth. -- {Tran"quil*i`zing*ly} or {Tran"quil*li`zing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Tranquilize \Tran"quil*ize\, Tranquillize \Tran"quil*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tranquilized}or {Tranquilliized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tranquilizing}or {Tranquillizing}.] [Cf. F. tranquilliser.] 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify. [1913 Webster] Tranquilizer
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "tranquilizing": analgesic, anodyne, appeasing, calmant, calmative, calming, cradling, depressant, dreamy, drowsy, gentling, hushing, hypnotic, lulling, mollifying, narcotic, pacifying, paregoric, quietening, restful, rocking, sedative, sleep-inducing, somnifacient, somniferous, soothful, soothing, soporific, stilling