pacify
Meaning of pacify
verb
- quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
he had to pacify angry spectators
late 15th century (earlier (late Middle English) as pacification ): from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- ‘peace’.
Information about pacify
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of pacify is: pacifies.
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Hyphenation of pacify
pacify
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- pacify is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pacify synonyms
Meaning lenify:
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
Meaning make (someone) tranquil and quiet; soothe:
Meaning win or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them:
Meaning gently calm (a person or their feelings):
Meaning administer a tranquillizer to (a person or animal):
Meaning satisfy (someone):
Meaning make or become still; quieten:
Meaning prohibit or prevent from speaking:
Meaning rest from work or engage in an enjoyable activity so as to become less tired or anxious:
Meaning write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry):
Meaning make or become quiet and calm:
Meaning make or become silent, calm, or still:
pacify antonyms
Meaning stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone:
Meaning make (someone) very angry:
Meaning provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone:
Translation of pacify
- German: befrieden, beruhigen, beschwichtigen
- Spanish: calmar, pacificar
- Portuguese: pacificar
- French: calmer
- Italian: calmare, pacificare, appacificare
Words that rhyme with pacify
capacify, glacify, opacify, repacify, pecify, prespecify, respecify, specify, underspecify, desilicify, felicify, silicify, calcify, decalcify, dulcify, dezincify, duncify, fancify, princify, zincify, farcify, mercify, cocrucify, crucify, paucify, recrucify, sprucify
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