Results for allay

1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to
allay the tumult of the passions.

2. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.

3. Alleviation; abatement; check.

4. Alloy.

5. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.




Synonyms and related words:



abate
deaden the pain
jade
placate
slow down
alleviate
defuse
keep within bounds
play down
smooth
anesthetize
deliver
lay
poultice
smooth down
appease
diminish
lay the dust
pour balm into
smooth over
assuage
disburden
lenify
pour balm on
smother
attemper
disembarrass
lessen
pour oil on
sober
balm
disencumber
lighten
propitiate
sober down
bank the fire
downplay
lull
quench
soften
benumb
dulcify
mitigate
quiet
soothe
blunt
dull
moderate
quieten
stifle
calm
ease
modulate
reduce
still
chasten
ease matters
mollify
reduce the temperature
stuff
cloy
engorge
numb
regale
stupe
compose
extenuate
obtund
release
subdue
conciliate
feast
overdose
relieve
supersaturate
constrain
feed
overfeed
restrain
suppress
control
fill
overfill
salve
surfeit
cool
fill up
overgorge
sate
tame
cram
foment
oversaturate
satiate
temper
cushion
free
overstuff
satisfy
tone down
damp
give relief
pacify
saturate
tranquilize
dampen
glut
pad
settle
tune down
de-emphasize
gorge
pall
slacken
underplay
deaden
gratify
palliate
slake
weaken