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eased

eased

1.9
Made less painful or easier to deal with
  • adjective
  • /iːzd/
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  • The medication eased her pain and allowed her to rest comfortably.

Examples

  • 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.

  • Even in more developed societies, social changes have eroded some of the most domestic support that once eased the burdens of the aging.

  • So they sort of eased the conditions of testing, allowing more time in between tests and bricks and cool things like that.

  • They told us that inflation, here we go, inflation has eased substantially.

  • After that, relations eased between Yuan, Daiviet and Champa.

  • And this is where Goldman Sachs says wage pressures are easing and labor shortages have eased significantly further.

  • After a long conversation, his kind words eased her worries about the future.

  • Hearing the good news eased the tension in the room significantly.

Synonyms

relieved
vseased
8 1.6

Feeling less pain or sadness and able to bear it

is a general change to make pain or sorrow more bearable
comforted
vseased
1 2.1

Feeling less upset because someone is kind to you

is a general reduction of severity not necessarily caused by personal support
alleviated
vseased
4.2

Less strong pain or worry so it is easier to bear

is about making things more bearable rather than emphasizing endurance
mitigated
vseased
4.8

Less severe or serious because something reduces the harm

is focused on reducing pain or sorrow to make it easier to bear

Antonyms

Made stronger or more serious

aggravated
  • Formal
7.4

More serious because of things like violence or intent

How Painful

agonized
  • US
6.3
sore
73 3.9
eased
1.9
pain-free
9 3.2

Surface Forms

eased positive

Morphology

eased = ease (transparent) = ease + ed

Regular past-participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'ease' (ease + -ed) with meaning 'made less severe', which learners can infer from the base verb.

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.