One night while he was moaning on about his sorry existence I said: Do you really want to change it? Of course I do, he said, but nothing I’ve tried has been ameliorative.
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Ameliorative
//əˈmiːliəɹətɪv//
Synonyms for "ameliorative" (9 found)
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11 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- amelioratiivinen adj ((philosophy))
- korjaava adj (able to repair or ameliorate)
- korjautuva adj (able to repair or ameliorate)
- parantava adj (able to repair or ameliorate)
German
3 entries- ameliorativ adj ((philosophy))
- bessernd adj (able to repair or ameliorate)
- verbessernd adj (able to repair or ameliorate)
Polish
3 entries- amelioracyjny adj (able to repair or ameliorate)
- amelioracyjny adj ((philosophy))
- polepszający adj (able to repair or ameliorate)
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[…]personal nicknames can generally be divided into positively marked (ameliorative) ones, usually given by family members and friends as a sign of affection and acceptance, and those negatively marked (pejorative or derogatory), whose aim is to mock or ridicule a person[…]
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