All pacify synonyms
pac·i·fy
P p 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.