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/ˈtɹæŋkwɪˌlaɪzɪŋ/ · adjective
Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative..
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?
Use tranquilizing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tranquilizing means Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative..
Common synonyms include sedative, ataractic, ataraxic, depressant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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?
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