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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: lenitive, -lenitive-
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WordNet (3.0)
lenitive(n) remedy that eases pain and discomfort
alleviative(adj) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear, Syn. mitigative, mitigatory, palliative, lenitive, alleviatory

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Lenitive

a. [ Cf. F. lénitif. See Lenient. ] Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lenitive

n. [ Cf. F. lénitif. ] 1. (Med.) (a) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants. (b) A mild purgative; a laxative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is one sweet lenitive at least for evils, which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lenitiveness

n. The quality of being lenitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Splenitive

a. Splenetic. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even and smooth as seemed the temperament of the nonchalant, languid Virginian -- not splenitive or rash. T. N. Page. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
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