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tranquilising

tranquilising is the alternative spelling of tranquilizing.

tranquilising is the present participle and gerund of tranquilise.

Meaning of tranquilizing

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.
    • 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?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...

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Forms of tranquilising

comparativemore tranquilising
superlativemost tranquilising

Questions about tranquilising

What is tranquilising the alternative spelling of?
Tranquilising is the alternative spelling of tranquilizing.

Words near tranquilising in the dictionary

  1. tranquilise
  2. tranquilised
  3. tranquiliser
  4. tranquilisers
  5. tranquilises
  6. tranquilising
  7. tranquilisingly
  8. tranquilities
  9. tranquility
  10. tranquilization
  11. tranquilizations

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