pacifiernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpæs.ɪ.faɪ.ər/us/ˈpæs.ə.faɪ.ɚ/something that makes people calm when they are angry or upset
US UK dummy a smooth rubber or plastic object that is given to a baby to suck on, in order to comfort it and make it stop crying
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Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lie down
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- relaxation
- settle
- slow down
- soften
- steady
- take things easy idiom
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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