alleviative

• Adjektiv, das die Fähigkeit bezeichnet, Schmerzen, Leiden oder Schwierigkeiten zu lindern oder zu verringern; wird im heutigen Englisch nur noch selten verwendet.

An adjective meaning having the power to relieve or lessen pain, suffering, or difficulty; now rarely used in modern English.

1. Pain or sorrow reducingC1formal

   Serving to make pain, suffering, or sorrow less severe or more bearable.

   Lindernd

   • The doctor prescribed an alleviative treatment for her chronic back pain.
   • His kind words had an alleviative effect on her grief.
   • The medication has both curative and alleviative properties.

   Synonymeanalgesicanodyneassuasivecomfortinglenitivemitigativepalliativesoothing

   Antonymeaggravatingexacerbatingintensifyingworsening