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mildra — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alleviate verb To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.
  • appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
  • cushion noun A soft fabric pad used for comfort when sitting or leaning.
  • mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
  • palliate verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
  • temper noun A person's tendency to become angry, or a fit of anger itself.

Senses

mildra is used for these senses in English:

  • alleviate (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
  • appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
  • cushion (figurative) To absorb or deaden the impact of.
  • mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
  • palliate To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies. [from 17th c.]
  • temper (archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.

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