Pacifying
Pronunciation of Pacifying
/pˈasɪfˌa͡ɪɪŋ/, /pˈasɪfˌaɪɪŋ/, /p_ˈa_s_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ_ɪ_ŋ/
Antonyms for pacifying:
troublesome, troubling, nagging, worrisome, unsettling, disturbing.
Synonyms for pacifying:
soothing (adjective)
Subduing, consoling, appeasing, placating, Quieting, lulling, Mollifying, comforting, calming, soothing.
pacifying (noun)
calming, soothing, reassuring, assuasive.
calming (verb)
lulling, appeasing, Stilling, quelling, placating, Assuaging, sedating, Allaying, consoling.
moderating (verb)
easing, calming, Quieting, softening, Subduing, composing, soothing, relaxing, abating, Restraining, moderating, tranquilizing, Alleviating, cooling.
pacifying (verb)
ebbing, conciliating, Relieving, stabilizing, reconciling, Mollifying, Smoothing, Hushing, defusing.
soothing (verb)
consoling, Quieting, lulling, soothing, calming, Hushing, Mollifying, appeasing, placating, Subduing, comforting.
Other synonyms and related words:
disarming, reassuring, dreamy, pacific, conciliatory, placatory, propitiatory, assuasive, narcotic, sedative, peacemaking.
Usage examples for pacifying:
- By contriving from time to time such means as these for pacifying the barbarians, he managed his opportunities as he chose. - "Plutarch's Lives Volume III.", Plutarch.
- Lady Albury was able to pacify the husband, but she feared that any pacifying of the Captain would be impossible. - "Ayala's Angel", Anthony Trollope.
- There is no gainsaying it- no checking it- no pacifying it; it is a most disastrous business, provocative of all manner of evils,- and to a king who has always been accustomed to have his own way, it means Victory or Death! - "Temporal Power", Marie Corelli.