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alleviated

alleviated

4.2
Less strong pain or worry so it is easier to bear
  • adjective
  • /əˈliːviˌeɪtɪd/
translation icon : 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.

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

Synonyms

relieved
vsalleviated
8 1.6

Feeling less pain or sadness and able to bear it

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

Made less painful or easier to deal with

signals a clear reduction in severity rather than a gentle gradual change
mitigated
vsalleviated
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
7.4

More serious because of things like violence or intent

How Relieved

resolved
3.2
relieved
8 1.6
alleviated
4.2
eased
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.