Antonyms for pacifies
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pas-uh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs əˌfaɪ |
Definition of pacifies
Origin :- late 15c., "appease, allay the anger of (someone)," from Middle French pacifier "make peace," from Latin pacificare "to make peace; pacify," from pacificus (see pacific). Of countries or regions, "to bring to a condition of calm," c.1500, from the start with suggestions of submission and terrorization. Related: Pacified; pacifying.
- verb make peaceful; appease
- When I am ill she nurses me; when I am violent she pacifies me.
- Extract from : « The Green Book » by Mr Jkai
- It pacifies those who are angry, and by means of it one can see into the unknown.
- Extract from : « Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4 » by Charles Dudley Warner
- It pacifies em, and makes em willing to let the men manage things of more consequence.
- Extract from : « Wheat and Huckleberries » by Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile
- Alcinous pacifies him with gentle words, and proceeds to withdraw all his previous claims extolling Phæacian athletic skill.
- Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
- The priest who pacifies is as natural as the fear he seeks to assuage—as natural as man himself.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 » by Elbert Hubbard
- It is he who saves humanity from complete annihilation, and who pacifies the angered Bel.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- But Ganga pacifies her and they agree to make over the children to Valmiki, when they become a little old.
- Extract from : « Tales from the Hindu Dramatists » by R. N. Dutta
- With a harp communicated to him by Gudrun he pacifies them all but one, which stings him to the heart, and thus Gunnar dies.
- Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown
- Who pacifies intractable politicians and makes them the devoted followers of the Ministers?
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- It is weakness which makes us hate an enemy and seek revenge, and it is idleness that pacifies us and causes us to neglect it.
- Extract from : « The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre » by Jean de La Bruyre
Synonyms for pacifies
- allay
- ameliorate
- assuage
- bury the hatchet
- butter up
- calm
- chasten
- compose
- con
- conciliate
- cool
- dulcify
- fix up
- grease
- kiss and make up
- lay back
- lull
- make peace
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- pacificate
- placate
- propitiate
- put the lid on
- qualify
- quell
- quiet
- relieve
- repress
- silence
- smooth over
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- square
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- sweeten
- take the edge off
- tame
- temper
- tranquilize
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