смекчавам — meaning in English
smekchavam
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English meaning
- allay verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- alleviate verb To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.
- assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- dull adj Boring; lacking interest or excitement.
- lessen verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
- lighten verb To make or become brighter.
- mince noun Meat that has been finely chopped or ground.
- mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
- moderate adj Neither too much nor too little; reasonable in amount or degree.
- mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
- relax verb To rest and become free of tension, stress, or worry.
- remit verb To send money, especially as a payment.
- soften verb To make something soft or softer, or to become soft.
- soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.
- sweeten verb To make something taste sweeter, usually by adding sugar or another sweetener.
- temper noun A person's tendency to become angry, or a fit of anger itself.
Senses
смекчавам is used for these senses in English:
- allay (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- alleviate (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
- assuage (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
- dull (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
- lessen (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
- lighten (transitive) To make less serious or more cheerful.
- mince (transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
- mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
allay — full definition
- verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- verb To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- verb To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- verb To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.