pacifying
Bringing about calm
Pacifying is the act of calming or soothing someone who is upset, angry, or agitated: She spoke in pacifying tones to the crying child.
It can also mean bringing peace to a region through force or diplomacy, often with connotations of suppression: The military spent years pacifying the rebellious province.
A pacifying gesture aims to defuse tension.
Restoring calm or confidence
- consolingGiving solace to another
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- hearteningInspiring confidence or cheer
encouraging · supportive · sympathetic · empathetic · compassionate · tender · caring · understanding
Discussing to reach agreement
- mediatingFacilitating conflict resolution
- conciliatingCalming hostile parties
- arbitratingFormally resolving a dispute
- reconcilingResolving a dispute
peacemaking · treaty · accord · detente · summit · compromise · dialogue · envoy
Meant to placate
- irenicPromoting accord between factions
- peaceableAverse to strife
- nonaggressiveNot inclined to fight
- dovishFavoring conciliation over aggression
amicable · harmonizing · unifying · bridge-building · conflict-resolution · deescalating · disarming · olive-branch
reassuring
Restoring calm or confidence
- consolingGiving solace to another
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
heartening · encouraging · supportive · sympathetic · empathetic · compassionate · tender · caring · understanding · solacing
negotiating
Discussing to reach agreement
- mediatingFacilitating conflict resolution
- conciliatingCalming hostile parties
- arbitratingFormally resolving a dispute
reconciling · peacemaking · treaty · accord · detente · summit · compromise · dialogue · envoy · ambassador
conciliatory
Meant to placate
- irenicPromoting accord between factions
- peaceableAverse to strife
- nonaggressiveNot inclined to fight
dovish · amicable · harmonizing · unifying · bridge-building · conflict-resolution · deescalating · disarming · olive-branch · reconciling
soothing
Reducing distress or discomfort
- tranquilizingAdministering calming drugs
- quietingMaking something still
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
lulling · hushing · stilling · relaxing · sedating · mellowing · gentling · softening · easing · unwinding
shushing
Urging silence vocally
- rockingOscillating on curved base
- swaddlingWrapping babies snugly
- cradlingHolding tenderly, protectively
cooing · feeding · burping · bouncing · swaying · singing · binky · dummy · soother · nursing
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, mediate, negotiate, diplomacy
- de-escalationde-escalation, calming, defusing, placation, mollification
- people-pleasingappeasing, placating, accommodating, pandering, going along
- gentle speechwhisper, murmur, soft tone, quiet voice, soft-spoken
- restrainingconstraining, restricting, limiting, confining, curbing
- horse trainingriding instructor, racehorse trainer, horse whisperer, breaker, positive reinforcement
pacifyingagitating
Disturbing or stirring up
disturbing · upsetting · distressing · unsettling · alarming
pacifyingprovoking
Causing a reaction
inciting · inflaming · antagonizing · aggravating · escalating
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