tranquillizing
Making someone drowsy
Tranquillizing means calming or sedating.
A tranquillizing drug reduces anxiety or induces sleep.
The word applies to anything with a soothing effect: the tranquillizing sound of rain on the roof, a tranquillizing view of the mountains.
In veterinary and wildlife contexts, tranquillizing often involves sedation by dart gun: The team spent the morning tranquillizing elephants for relocation.
Also spelled tranquilizing.
Reducing distress or discomfort
- sedatingCalming with medication
- relaxingBecoming less tense
- pacifyingCalming someone agitated
- quietingMaking something still
calming · lulling · stilling · hushing · mellowing · placating · settling · composing
Drug promoting calm
- anxiolyticSubstance lessening nervous tension
- benzodiazepineSedative drug class
- barbiturateSedative drug class
- neurolepticPsychiatric medication blocking dopamine
antipsychotic · hypnotic · diazepam · lorazepam · chlorpromazine · haloperidol · propofol · phenobarbital
Giving emotional ease
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
- consolingGiving solace to another
- alleviatingMaking less severe
- relievingReducing discomfort or strain
de-stressing · unwinding · decompressing · destressing · unburdening · assuaging · salving · palliating
Moving suddenly, swiftly
- immobilizingPreventing any motion
- capturingTaking into custody
- ketamineDissociative anesthetic agent
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
tagging · relocation · safari · conservation · zoological · restraint · dosing · recovery
soothing
Reducing distress or discomfort
quieting · calming · lulling · stilling · hushing · mellowing · placating · settling · composing · subduing
sedative
Drug promoting calm
- anxiolyticSubstance lessening nervous tension
- benzodiazepineSedative drug class
- barbiturateSedative drug class
neuroleptic · antipsychotic · hypnotic · diazepam · lorazepam · chlorpromazine · haloperidol · propofol · phenobarbital · thiopental
comforting
Giving emotional ease
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
- consolingGiving solace to another
- alleviatingMaking less severe
relieving · de-stressing · unwinding · decompressing · destressing · unburdening · assuaging · salving · palliating · mollifying
darting
Moving suddenly, swiftly
- immobilizingPreventing any motion
- capturingTaking into custody
- ketamineDissociative anesthetic agent
wildlife · tagging · relocation · safari · conservation · zoological · restraint · dosing · recovery · monitoring
tranquillizingstimulating
Arousing interest or energy
energizing · activating · stimulative · invigorating · arousing
tranquillizingagitating
Disturbing or stirring up
disturbing · unsettling · stressful · distressing · upsetting
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