eased
- adjective
- /iːzd/
- The medication eased her pain and allowed her to rest comfortably.
Examples
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In his Great Hall of Breedablik, Baldor's soothing presence eased his subject's woes, but lately he was plagued by troubles of his own.
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Even in more developed societies, social changes have eroded some of the most domestic support that once eased the burdens of the aging.
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So they sort of eased the conditions of testing, allowing more time in between tests and bricks and cool things like that.
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They told us that inflation, here we go, inflation has eased substantially.
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After that, relations eased between Yuan, Daiviet and Champa.
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And this is where Goldman Sachs says wage pressures are easing and labor shortages have eased significantly further.
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After a long conversation, his kind words eased her worries about the future.
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Hearing the good news eased the tension in the room significantly.
Synonyms
Feeling less pain or sadness and able to bear it
Feeling less upset because someone is kind to you
Less strong pain or worry so it is easier to bear
Less severe or serious because something reduces the harm
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eased comes from the old word ease, which meant 'comfort' or 'relief' and is like the word easy. So, if something is eased, it has been made less painful or more bearable.