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All pacify synonyms

pac·i·fy
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verb pacify

  • fine tune — to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar.
  • calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
  • laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
  • cool off — If someone or something cools off, or if you cool them off, they become cooler after having been hot.
  • housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
  • anaesthetising — Present participle of anaesthetise.
  • ease — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
  • housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
  • lay back — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
  • conciliate — If you conciliate someone, you try to end a disagreement with them.
  • cool out — to relax and cool down
  • disarm — to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
  • alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
  • house-train — to housebreak.
  • dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
  • dummy up — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
  • house-trained — housebroken.
  • anaesthetize — When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
  • make up — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
  • lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
  • ease off — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
  • make nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
  • dulling — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
  • humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
  • humouring — humor.
  • assuage — If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
  • gentling — Present participle of gentle.
  • downing — a downward movement; descent.
  • do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • bring to heel — (Transitive Verb) IDI To compel someone to obey; to force someone into a submissive condition.
  • housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
  • deescalate — To decrease in intensity or magnitude.
  • kiss and make up — be reconciled
  • de-escalate — to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
  • downed — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • mollify — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
  • downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • hold down — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • defuse — If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it.
  • appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
  • anaesthetise — anesthetize.
  • counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
  • demilitarise — (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize.
  • clam up — If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
  • make amends — reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
  • dulcify — to make more agreeable; mollify; appease.
  • anaesthetized — anesthetize.
  • anesthetizing — Present participle of anesthetize.
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