lievittää — meaning in English

English meaning

• allay verb To make a strong feeling, such as fear or worry, calmer or less severe.
• 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 ease the symptoms of an illness without curing it.
• 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

1. verb To make a strong feeling, such as fear or worry, calmer or less severe.
2. verb To make something unpleasant less severe.
3. verb To die down and become calm again.
4. verb To combine a metal with a less valuable one, lowering its quality.

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