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əˈleɪal·lay
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
allay
Allay and alleviate are closely kindred in signification, and have been often interchanged in usage. But, in strictness, to allay is to lay to rest, quiet or soothe that which is excited; to alleviate, on the other hand, is to lighten a burden. We allay suffering by using means to soothe and tranquilize the sufferer; we alleviate suffering by doing something toward removal of the cause, so that there is less to suffer; where the trouble is wholly or chiefly in the excitement, to allay the excitement is virtually to remove the trouble; as, to allay rage or panic; we alleviate poverty, but do not allay it. Pacify, directly from the Latin, and appease, from the Latin through the French, signify to bring to peace; to mollify is to soften; to calm, quiet, or tranquilize is to make still; compose, to place together, unite, adjust to a calm and settled condition; to soothe (originally to assent to, humor) is to bring to pleased quietude. We allay excitement, appease a tumult, calm agitation, compose our feelings or countenance, pacify the quarrelsome, quiet the boisterous or clamorous, soothe grief or distress. Compare ALLEVIATE.
Synonyms:
alleviate, appease, calm, compose, mollify, pacify, quiet, soothe, still, tranquilizeAntonyms:
agitate, arouse, excite, fan, kindle, provoke, rouse, stir, stir up
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Princeton's WordNet
still, allay, relieve, easeverb
lessen the intensity of or calm
"The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
Synonyms:
calm, ease, salvage, calm down, save, hush up, quieten, slake, unbosom, shut up, still, tranquillise, take over, salve, quiet, comfort, facilitate, exempt, quench, lull, let off, palliate, excuse, relieve, assuage, remedy, alleviate, hush, silence, free, lighten, tranquilize, tranquillizequench, slake, allay, assuageverb
satisfy (thirst)
"The cold water quenched his thirst"
Synonyms:
mollify, conciliate, quell, blow out, relieve, squelch, lenify, placate, appease, assuage, gruntle, palliate, abate, ease, pacify, extinguish, alleviate, snuff out, slake, quench, slack, still, gentle
Dictionary of English Synonymes
allayverb
Synonyms:
repress, restrain, check, subdue, lay, silence, appease, pacify, calm, quiet, still, lull, hush, tranquillize, smoothallayverb
Synonyms:
assuage, alleviate, soothe, soften, mitigate, solace, moderate, mollify, temper, attemper, lessen, abate, qualify, relieve, ease, dull, blunt, palliate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#42 | free | |
#390 | still | |
#400 | save | |
#2835 | comfort | |
#4205 | quiet | |
#4819 | ease | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5622 | facilitate | |
#6644 | silence | |
#7347 | exempt | |
#7387 | calm | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#8557 | excuse | |
#13778 | relieve | |
#14937 | salvage | |
#16080 | compose | |
#17781 | slack | |
#18285 | mitigate | |
#19241 | hush | |
#19755 | alleviate | |
#30385 | soften | |
#31814 | lighten | |
#33091 | soothe | |
#35060 | reassure | |
#40453 | quench | |
#40623 | dispel | |
#40873 | abate | |
#43422 | salve | |
#44222 | lull | |
#44813 | appease | |
#45925 | extinguish | |
#49275 | dissipate | |
#53900 | quell | |
#56041 | repress | |
#59404 | defuse | |
#62045 | squelch | |
#66494 | allay | |
#83537 | placate | |
#89527 | assuage | |
#89650 | pacify | |
#128861 | culm | |
#141749 | slake | |
#150294 | conciliate | |
#159338 | mollify | |
#241864 | palliate | |
#243815 | quieten |
How to use allay in a sentence?
With EU workers becoming increasingly anxious about the future, many employers are already taking steps to communicate with them and attempt to allay their fears.
There's every possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin will move now to effectively bisect Ukraine ; that will give Russian President Vladimir Putin enough to be able to declare a victory domestically, and allay Russian President Vladimir Putin critics that this has been a botched invasion, taking The Donbas( would be) a consolation prize, because Kyiv is now out of Russia's military grasp, but The Donbas's The Donbas.
The EU has justifiably come under fire for its response to the refugee crisis but today's proposals ... will do nothing to allay this.
Friendship is the allay of our sorrows, the ease of our passions, the discharge of our oppressions, the sanctuary to our calamities, the counselor of our doubts, the clarity of our minds.
After all, what harm did it do ? people use crutches of various kinds and that seems like one of the least harmful crutches you could use to allay your anxieties.
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