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alleviatory

alleviatory

8.1
Making pain or sadness easier to bear
  • adjective
  • /əˈliːviəˌtɔri/
  • Formal
translation icon : aliviador
  • Her kind words had an alleviatory effect on his grief after the loss.

Examples

  • The doctor prescribed an alleviatory treatment to ease the patient's chronic pain.

  • He found the alleviatory effects of meditation quite helpful.

  • Various alleviatory methods can help manage stress during difficult times.

  • The doctor prescribed an alleviatory medication for her chronic pain.

  • The doctor prescribed an alleviatory treatment to ease the patient's chronic pain.

  • Her kind words had an alleviatory effect on his grief after the loss.

  • Various alleviatory methods can help manage stress during difficult times.

Synonyms

palliative
vsalleviatory
  • Specialized
15 7.7

Relieving pain or other symptoms without curing the cause

does not stress that the root cause remains untreated
alleviative
vsalleviatory
  • Formal
7.7

To make pain, suffering, or difficulty less

is the same meaning but is an alternate adjective form in writing
mitigatory
vsalleviatory
  • Formal
8.1

To make pain or a bad situation easier to bear

is focused on easing the burden rather than only reducing severity
mitigative
vsalleviatory
  • Formal
8.0

Causing pain or harm to be less severe

emphasizes lowering seriousness rather than easing the burden on someone
lenitive
vsalleviatory
  • Specialized
9.9

Having a soothing effect on pain or worry

is about reducing suffering rather than offering only gentle soothing

Antonyms

to exacerbating
7.5

To make a problem or feeling worse

How Alleviating

palliative
  • Specialized
1 7.7
alleviatory
  • Formal
8.1
to gentle
1 5.8

Surface Forms

alleviatory positive

Morphology

alleviatory = alleviate (transparent) = alleviate + ory

Formed from the verb 'alleviate' with the adjectival suffix '-ory' meaning 'serving to or tending to relieve', so the relation is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word alleviatory comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and levis 'not heavy', so it means 'to make light'. That's why something alleviatory 'lightens' pain or sorrow and helps make suffering easier to bear.