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Definition of Tranquilising
1. Adjective. Tending to soothe or tranquilize. "Took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed"
Similar to: Depressant
Derivative terms: Ataractic, Ataraxia, Ataraxia, Sedate, Sedative
Definition of Tranquilising
1. Verb. (present participle of tranquilise) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tranquilising
Literary usage of Tranquilising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British and Foreign Evangelical Review and Quarterly Record of Christian by James Oswald Dykes, James Stuart Candlish, Hugh Sinclair Paterson, Joseph Samuel Exell (1869)
"The recovery was effected," says Dr Schenkel, " through the tranquilising influence
of the personal presence of Jesus, his taking the sick woman kindly by ..."
2. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"decorative ; for the most part it is lacking in that " cool colour and tranquilising
line," so distinctive of the work of the fifteenth century. ..."
3. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"... have a more tranquilising effect, nothing would be more likely to maintain
peace than a notice that the weakest state in Europe in proportion to its ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"... and thus employed, has a very tranquilising effect, and often induces sleep.
The heat and pain commonly experienced in sprains are often relieved by the ..."
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