She tried to allay their fears but only ended up heightening them.
Source: tatoeba (699979)
Allay
//əˈleɪ//
Synonyms for "allay" (146 found)
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Related words (73)
mitigatemoderatemodulatemollifynumbobtundoverdoseoverfeedoverfillovergorgeoversaturateoverstuffpacifypadpallpalliateplacateplay downpoulticepour balm into
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11 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- облекчавам verb (to alleviate)
- смекчавам verb (to alleviate)
- успокоявам verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- уталожвам verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
Czech
4 entries- rozptýlit verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- uklidnit verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- utišit verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- utišit verb (to alleviate)
Dutch
1 entries- bedaren verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
Finnish
3 entries- lieventää verb (to alleviate)
- lievittää verb (to alleviate)
- vaientaa verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
French
3 entries- apaiser verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- pacifier verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- soulager verb (to alleviate)
German
4 entries- beruhigen verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- dämpfen verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- erleichtern verb (to alleviate)
- lindern verb (to alleviate)
Greek
3 entries- ανακουφίζω verb (to alleviate)
- κατευνάζω verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- κατευνάζω verb (to alleviate)
Hungarian
3 entries- csillapít verb (to alleviate)
- eloszlat verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- enyhít verb (to alleviate)
Māori
2 entries- whakamahea verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- whakamauru verb (to alleviate)
Portuguese
2 entries- aliviar verb (to alleviate)
- aquietar verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
Romanian
3 entries- alina verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- alina verb (to alleviate)
- astâmpăra verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
Spanish
4 entries- aliviar verb (to alleviate)
- aquietar verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- calmar verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
- mitigar verb (to alleviate)
Welsh
1 entries- tawelu verb (to make quiet or put at rest)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
When his advances were rebuffed, he attempted to allay his rankled ego by publicly undermining her intelligence.
Source: tatoeba (1955634)
This medicine will allay the pain.
Source: tatoeba (6328566)
"Beware... / Yet first 'twere best these billows to allay. / Far other coin hereafter ye shall pay / for crimes like these."
Source: tatoeba (6783253)
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