lindern — 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.
- ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
- palliate verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
- relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
- soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.
Senses
lindern 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.).
- ease (transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
- mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
- palliate To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. [from 15th c.]
- soothe (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
- soothe (intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.
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.