tranquillizer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Let us add that the church, that vast church, which surrounded her on every side, which guarded her, which saved her, was itself a sovereign tranquillizer. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
Nightfall, which in the frost of winter comes as a fiend and in the warmth of summer as a lover, came as a tranquillizer on this March day. — Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Thomas Hardy

tranquilizer, tranquilliser, antianxiety agent, ataractic drug, ataractic agent, ataractic

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