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alleviated

alleviated

1 4.2
Less strong pain or worry so it is easier to bear
  • adjective
  • /əˈliːviˌeɪtɪd/
: aliviado
  • Taking painkillers greatly alleviated her headache, allowing her to enjoy the concert.

Then once the load is alleviated for a while, it could slowly cool off while you're performing light tasks.

Examples

  • The warm bath alleviated his muscle soreness after a long day of work.

  • And yet you can believe there's always an optimistic and true frame in this, which you found for him obviously alleviated some of his pain.

  • Other people find that the problem has been alleviated and they stop.

  • It's deal and it is working kind of made that question that alleviated the tension around that question.

  • And I if it could have been alleviated had I just been wearing a scarf.

  • So alleviated that that sense of oppression that it got me going again.

  • But in any case, the the suffering is alleviated, Aristotle thinks, by swinging things back over this way.

  • And it has to be alleviated in some way in the form of a jet or an outflow of material from those regions.

  • Then once the load is alleviated for a while, it could slowly cool off while you're performing light tasks.

  • Counseling sessions helped to alleviate his anxiety, making it easier for him to cope.

Synonyms

relieved
vsalleviated
2 1.6

Feeling less pain or sadness and able to bear it

is about reducing severity without stressing how the person feels
eased
vsalleviated
1 1.9

Made less painful or easier to deal with

signals a clear reduction in severity rather than a gentle gradual change
mitigated
vsalleviated
1 4.8

Less severe or serious because something reduces the harm

applies mainly to easing pain or sorrow rather than broad severity reduction

Antonyms

aggravated
  • Formal
57 7.4

More serious because of things like violence or intent

How Relieved

resolved
10 3.2
relieved
2 1.6
alleviated
1 4.2
eased
1 1.9
unrelieved
2 7.4

Surface Forms

alleviated positive

Morphology

alleviated = alleviate (transparent) = alleviate + ed

Standard past-participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'alleviate'; the meaning 'made less severe' follows directly from the verb.

Etymology

Alleviated comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and levis 'light', so it originally meant 'to make light'. So, to alleviate something is to make it lighter, giving 'relief' and making pain or worry easier to bear.