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Definition: Tranquillize |
TranquillizeVerb1. Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear". 2. Cause to be calm or quiet; "The patient must be sedated before the operation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tranquillize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Synonyms: TranquillizeSynonyms: calm (v), calm down (v), lull (v), quiet (v), quieten (v), sedate (v), still (v), tranquilize (v), tranquillise (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: agitate (v), stimulate (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tranquillize |
| English words defined with "tranquillize": Tranquilized, Tranquilliized, Tranquillizing. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "tranquillize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qetësoj (allay, appease, assuage, balsam, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, soothe, tranquilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, unbend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | utišit (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, ease, hush, pacify, quiet down, quieten, relieve, rest, silence, sooth, stay), uklidnit (appease, becalm, calm, placate, quell, reassure, relax, set at ease, soothe, tranquilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beruhigen (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, ease, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, quieten down, reassure, relieve, salve, sedate, settle, settle down, smooth, soothe, still, to allay, to appease, to calm, to compose, to pacify, to reassure, to sedate, to tranquilize, to tranquillize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατευνάζω (allay, appease, assuage, conciliate, mollify, salve, tranquilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"שקיט (allay, calm, lull, pacify, quiet, slake, still). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megnyugtat (assuage, becalm, calm down, disembarrass, gentle, quell, quiet, quiet down, reassure, still, to appease, to assuage, to calm sy down, to gentle, to hush, to lull, to quell, to quiet down, to reassure, to salve, to sedate, to sleek, to solace, to soothe, to still, to stroke down, to stroke sy down, to tranquillize, tranquilize), lecsillapít (appease, calm down, hush, quell, quiet down, reconcile, to appease, to assuage, to calm, to mollify, to quell, to reconcile, to salve, to smooth, to stroke down, to tranquillize, wet blanket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menenangkan (abate, allay, assuage, comfort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | calmare con tranquillante (tranquilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | taaueghey, kiunaghey (allay, appease, appeasement, becalm, calm, calming, compose, die down, hush, hush as child, lull, pacification, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, sedate, sedation, soothe, steady down, tranquillization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anquillizetray tranquilizar (pacify, quiet, reassure, resettle, settle, still, tranquilize), serenar (bridle, calm down, pacify, quiet down, restrain, tranquilize), acalmar (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm down, cool, ease, hush, lay, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, resettle, salve, settle, simmer down, slow down, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize). (various references) potoli (becalm, compromise, dulcify, dull, hush, lighten, lull, mollify, quench, quiet, reassure, relieve, slack, slake, smooth, smooth down, sober, solace, stay, still, subdue, suppress, sweeten, temper), calma (allay, appease, becalm, calm, chasten, compose, ease, kill, mollify, pacify, quiet, salve, settle, smooth, smooth down, sober, soften, soothe, steady, still, temper). (various references) успокаивать (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet, quiet down, quieted, quieten, quieting, reassure, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize). (various references) smiriti (appease, becalm, calm, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, settle). (various references) tranquilizar (be calm, calm, ease, pacify, reassure, relieve, salve, tranquilize), sosegar (appease, calm, lull, quiet, rest, soothe, still, tranquilize). (various references) stilla (allay, appease, calm, compose, gentle, halcyon, lull, pacific, pacify, peaceful, quell, quiescent, quite, salve, satisfy, silent, silently, still, tranquil, tranquilize), lugna (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, hush, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quieten, reassure, salve, settle, settle down, soothe, tranquilize). (various references) teskin etmek (alleviate, attemper, calm, lull, quell, soothe), yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize), sakinleştirmek (allay, appease, becalm, calm, hush, pacify, placate, quiet, smooth, smooth down, soothe, steady, still, tranquilize). (various references) заспокоюватися (abate, calm down, hush, pacify, settle down, simmer down, soften, still, tranquilize), заспокоювати (appease, assuage, assure, becalm, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, satisfy, smooth, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tranquillize": tranquillized, tranquillizer, tranquillizers, tranquillizes. (additional references) | |
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"Tranquillize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tranquillise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-l-n-q-r-t-u-z" | |
-1 letter: tranquilize. | |
-3 letters: quantizer, ritualize, tellurian. | |
-4 letters: antiquer, aquiline, auntlier, inertial, latinize, lazulite, lazurite, quainter, quantile, quantize, quartile, quinella, quiniela, quintile, requital, retinula, tailleur, tenurial, tranquil, triazine, unitizer, utilizer. | |
-5 letters: airline, alunite, antique, azurite, inertia, inquiet, inquire, inutile, latrine, lintier, liquate, literal, nautili, neutral, nitrile, quetzal, quillai, quillet, quilter, quinate, quinela, quintal, quintar, ralline, ratline. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-l-n-q-r-t-u-z" | |
+1 letter: tranquillized, tranquillizer, tranquillizes. | |
+2 letters: tranquillizers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 6E 71 75 69 6C 6C 69 7A 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- -. --.- ..- .. .-.. .-.. .. --.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110001 01110101 01101001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01111010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a n q u i l l i z e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 006E 0071 0075 0069 006C 006C 0069 007A 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548467808387757878759271 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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