pacify

Meaning of pacify

verb
  1. 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:

calm

Meaning win or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them:

propitiate

Meaning gently calm (a person or their feelings):

soothe

Meaning administer a tranquillizer to (a person or animal):

tranquillize

Meaning satisfy (someone):

content

Meaning make or become still; quieten:

still

Meaning prohibit or prevent from speaking:

silence

Meaning rest from work or engage in an enjoyable activity so as to become less tired or anxious:

relax

Meaning write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry):

compose

Meaning make or become quiet and calm:

quieten

Meaning make or become silent, calm, or still:

quiet

pacify antonyms

Meaning stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone:

provoke

Meaning make (someone) very angry:

enrage

Meaning provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone:

inflame

Translation of pacify

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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