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Synonyms:
- sedative, calming, hushing, abating, allaying, tranquilizing, quieting, restraining, alleviating, easing, relaxing, softening, stabilizing, assuasive, lulling, smoothing, soothing, moderating, appeasing, defusing, mollifying, dreamy, conciliatory, peacemaking, cooling, sedating, subduing, disarming, comforting, quelling, composing, conciliating, placating, relieving, reassuring, assuaging, propitiatory, placatory, consoling, reconciling, stilling, ebbing, narcotic
Examples:
- - Communication with Spain was forbidden and word sent off post- haste to John to urge his immediate return to Portugal, or at least the sending of his eldest son, as the only means of pacifying the deep dissatisfaction felt because of the absence of the Court and government. - "The South American Republics Part I of II", Thomas C. Dawson
- - But it would have taken a greater statesman than Trescorre to reach the root of such evils; and the new minister succeeded neither in pacifying the people nor in reassuring his sovereign. - "The Valley of Decision", Edith Wharton
- - In place of pacifying a people, they were turning hundreds of quiet families into rebels. - "Korea's Fight for Freedom", F.A. McKenzie
Antonyms:
- belligerent, agonistic, aggressive, riling, scrappy, bellicose, antipathetic, unsettling, martial, trying, chafing, rankling, unsympathetic, exasperating, worrisome, nettlesome, stressful, infuriating, aggravating, disturbing, troubling, tiresome, confrontational, inflammatory, military, nettling, antagonistic, abrasive, painful, bothersome, pugnacious, stimulant, engaging, inhospitable, quarrelsome, galling, provoking, energizing, irritating, grating, warlike, combative, hostile, harassing, truculent, maddening, incensing, frustrating, vexatious, inimical, irksome, invigorating, annoying, nagging, offensive, vexing, contentious, antagonizing, militant, stimulating, militaristic, unfriendly, provocative, argumentative, troublesome, assertive
