pacify – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pacify
Participle: pacified
Gerund: pacifying

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	pacify
we	Let's pacify
you	pacify

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bring someone down

abate, appease, depress, soften, soothe, tranquilize

allay

delay

to evoke a state of peacefulness

allay, becalm, bestill, calm, delay, lull, placate, quell, still, temper

to make tolerable

ameliorate

to sacrifice principles to make peace

appease

provide relief

assuage

to cause to become less excited, intense, or angry

calm down

To cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper.

cool off

to calm down a person or situation

hose down

sooth against better judgement

mollify

to cause someone to be in a state of calmness

put at ease

to make less tense

relax

to calm using attention

soothe

mollify

ameliorate, placate, assuage, propitiate, better, sweeten, calm, meliorate

Antonyms

to evoke extreme anger in a person (or animal)

allay, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, charm, comfort, conciliate, console, defuse, disarm, enchant, lull, mollify, placate, quiet, relieve, settle, soothe, enrage

to cause to be disturbed or upset

agitate

to intentionally upset or annoy

harass

to evoke action or change, often violent or extreme action

provoke

to pester or mock with the intent of agrivation or agitation

taunt

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1460, from M.Fr. pacifier, from O.Fr., "make peace," from L. pacificare "to make peace, pacify," from pacificus (see pacific). Pacifier "one who pacifies or appeases" is first recorded 1533; the meaning "nipple-shaped device for babies" is first recorded 1904.
2. From Middle French pacifier, from Latin pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“to do, make”). Cognate with pay and peacify. See: Middle French 'pacifier'.

Verbs referencing "pacify"

Spanish apaciguar.

Sample Sentences