alleviated

verbrelieve; lessen

Synonyms for alleviated

verb relieve; lessen

Antonyms for alleviated

Word Origin & History

late 15c., from Middle French allevier or directly from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviare "to lighten," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + levis "light" in weight (see lever). Related: Alleviated; alleviating.

Example Sentences for alleviated

One thing occurred on this sad bereavement which alleviated it a little.

Horam was rather more distressed than alleviated by her protestations.

I can assure you that the plight of the downtrodden workers will be alleviated.

He composed such incantations also by which distempers are alleviated.

This fate could only be alleviated by the education and elevation of women.

I tried to thank him, but my case was not of a kind to be alleviated by this sort of consolation.

Still, by our sympathy we might have alleviated your sufferings, which must have been intense.

Try as he would, Dick could discover no way in which it might be alleviated.

Our losses were severe, and they were not alleviated by the consolations of victory.

Is there not poverty to be remedied, pain to be alleviated, ignorance to be removed?

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