salve
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6.8
- noun
- /sælv/
:
consuelo
- The pain of tooth decay leads many people to use alcohol as a salve.
And yet it's the most powerful salve to unite us.
- And yet it's the most powerful salve to unite us.
- This will be the salve and the ointment that will cure my insecurities.
- They're looking for someone that can be a salve for the really difficult emotions that they're going through.
- And that's what hurts so badly is that for a moment, that person, it felt like they were the salve to this need that we have had our whole lives.
- And, and I think that's some, you know, that's kind of a salve for people.
- Is it in your case, it was like the salve that made you feel, as you said yourself, what is that thing?
- You see them as some salve or if you're after some dream, why is it because you don't feel like you're good enough or you're worthy?
Examples
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Her tender words acted as a salve for his aching heart after the breakup.
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And what better salve to the aching heart is there than song?" Casimir asked.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's more like a salve than like a cream, but I really, really like it.
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I wanted to reach out and touch her, as though my skin on hers would be the perfect salve.
Fiction book (2002) -
Do you want more sympathy, more salve for your wounds?
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It's a silly media gesture, but a powerful salve for frustrated fans.
Blog text (1) -
For now, these thoughts aren't the salve to your wound, but they will be.
Blog text (1) -
Such fantasies can serve as a salve when you live on the margins of the policy debate.
Blog text (7) -
Accompanying people in their struggles is itself a great salve and that's beautiful work.
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For reasons unexplainable, Frost's poetry helped; it was a balm, a salve.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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2.1
Care to cure or reduce a health problem
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1.0
A feeling of comfort when pain or worry goes away
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3.4
A medicine or treatment that treats illness and reduces pain
Antonyms
Compounds
An ointment with menthol that you rub on the skin to relieve pain or help you breathe
How Soothing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Salve also means something that soothes hurt feelings; like an ointment for the skin, a kind word or music can act as a 'healing' balm, which is why we call comfort a salve.