mildern — meaning in English
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English meaning
- 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.
- attenuate verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- mince noun Meat that has been finely chopped or ground.
- mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
- mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
- soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.
- velvet noun A closely woven fabric with a thick, short, soft pile on one side, traditionally made of silk but now often cotton or synthetic fibre.
Senses
mildern is used for these senses in English:
- 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.).
- attenuate (transitive) To weaken.
- ease (transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
- 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.
- mollify To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
- soothe (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
assuage — full definition
- verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- verb To satisfy a need or appetite, such as hunger or thirst.