lievittää — meaning in English
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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.
- ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- palliate verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
- relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
- solace noun Comfort received during a time of grief, loneliness, or distress.
- soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.
Senses
lievittää 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.
- ease (transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
- ease (transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
- palliate To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. [from 15th c.]
- relieve (transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort. [from 14th c.]
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.