lindra — 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.
- mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
- palliate verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
- soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.
Senses
lindra 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.).
- 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.
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.