Thesaurus / pacifies
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synonyms for pacifies
- allay
- ameliorate
- assuage
- mitigate
- mollify
- placate
- quell
- repress
- smooth over
- soothe
- tame
- calm
- chasten
- compose
- con
- conciliate
- cool
- dulcify
- grease
- lull
- moderate
- propitiate
- qualify
- quiet
- relieve
- silence
- soft-pedal
- soften
- square
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- sweeten
- temper
- tranquilize
- bury the hatchet
- butter up
- fix up
- kiss and make up
- lay back
- make peace
- pacificate
- put the lid on
- take the edge off
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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.
THE 'CHARACTERS' OF JEAN DE LA BRUYREJEAN DE LA BRUYREWith a harp communicated to him by Gudrun he pacifies them all but one, which stings him to the heart, and thus Gunnar dies.
THE NIBELUNGENLIEDUNKNOWNBut it amused, it pacified me, as prayer to their self-invented deities pacifies the devout.
THE HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD CALMADYLUCAS MALETThe priest who pacifies is as natural as the fear he seeks to assuage—as natural as man himself.
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF THE GREAT - VOLUME 12ELBERT HUBBARDAlcinous pacifies him with gentle words, and proceeds to withdraw all his previous claims extolling Phæacian athletic skill.
HOMER'S ODYSSEYDENTON J. SNIDERWho pacifies intractable politicians and makes them the devoted followers of the Ministers?
THE ETERNAL CITYHALL CAINEWhen I am ill she nurses me; when I am violent she pacifies me.
THE GREEN BOOKMR JKAIIt pacifies those who are angry, and by means of it one can see into the unknown.
LIBRARY OF THE WORLD'S BEST LITERATURE, ANCIENT AND MODERN, VOL 4CHARLES DUDLEY WARNERNothing pacifies the wretched so quickly as to find that someone else shares their distress.
THE MILKMAID OF MONTFERMEIL (NOVELS OF PAUL DE KOCK VOLUME XX)CHARLES PAUL DE KOCKBut Ganga pacifies her and they agree to make over the children to Valmiki, when they become a little old.
TALES FROM THE HINDU DRAMATISTSR. N. DUTTA