- tranquillising
- tranquillise (Brit.) v. quiet, calm, pacify; become calm; have a calming effect (also tranquillize)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
tranquillising
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tranquillising — adjective tending to soothe or tranquilize valium has a tranquilizing effect took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed • Syn: ↑ataractic, ↑ataraxic, ↑sedative, ↑tranquilizing, ↑tranquillizing, ↑tranquili … Useful english dictionary
Anapanasati — Ānāpānasati (Pali; Sanskrit: ānāpānasmṛti; Chinese: 安那般那; Pīnyīn: ānnàbānnà), meaning mindfulness of breathing ( sati means mindfulness; ānāpāna refers to inhalation and exhalation), is a form of Buddhist meditation now common to the Tibetan, Zen … Wikipedia
doped-up — adj under the influence of a (stupefying or tranquillising) drug … Contemporary slang
downer — n 1. a tranquillising or sedative drug (especially a barbiturate) in the language of illicit drug users (as opposed to uppers or stimulant drugs) She s on downers. 2. a depressing or boring experience. From the slang of American hipsters of the… … Contemporary slang
lemon — n 1. something substandard, useless or worthless. The word is used, particularly in the USA, to apply particularly to cars which are unsaleable. It may also denote any dud , from an unattractive woman to a badly performing share in the stock… … Contemporary slang
benzodiazepine — /ˌbɛnzoʊˈdaɪæzəpin/ (say .benzoh duyazuhpeen) noun any of a class of heterocyclic drugs with a seven membered ring containing two nitrogen atoms, which is the base from which various tranquillising drug preparations are made, such as Valium.… …
happy pill — /ˈhæpi pɪl/ (say hapee pil) noun Colloquial a tranquillising pill …
tranquillise — [c]/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/ (say trangkwuhluyz) verb (tranquillised, tranquillising) –verb (t) 1. to make tranquil. –verb (i) 2. to become tranquil. Also, tranquillize; US, tranquilize. –tranquillisation /ˌtræŋkwəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (say .trangkwuhluy zayshuhn),… …
neuroleptic — a. capable of having an effect on the brain, especially tranquillising; n. such drug … Dictionary of difficult words
partial objects — by Kenneth Surin Sigmund Freud s metapsychology was in essence a theory of drives, in that it invoked the concepts of energy and structure to show that every human action has its basis in a fundamental and irreducible instinctual ground. Two … The Deleuze dictionary
