anodyne

nounpainkiller

Synonyms for anodyne

noun painkiller

Word Origin & History

1540s, from Medieval Latin anodynus "pain-removing, allaying pain," from Latin anodynus "painless," from Greek anodynos "free from pain," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + odyne "pain," a word perhaps from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (cf., from the same root, Lithuanian edžioti "to devour, bite," edžiotis "to suffer pain;" see eat). In old slang, frequently a euphemism for "death;" e.g. anodyne necklace "hangman's noose."

Example Sentences for anodyne

I crave for the balm of Nature, the anodyne of solitude, the breath of Mother Earth.

Every one in a passion in Italy is styled Eccellenza, as an "anodyne."

Narcotic, anodyne, and anti-spasmodic; ten to twenty grains.

Even the knowledge that he loved her ceased to be an anodyne in those days.

I'd have slapped her across the face as an anodyne if she hadn't been Mekstrom.

She had nerved herself for a great ordeal, but the air was as sweet as an anodyne.

Life holds no anodyne for the sorrows we bring upon ourselves.

The excitements of purchase and preparation were as good an anodyne as she could have taken.

It would be an anodyne like poison that could weigh down my eyelids.

Had faith ever been anything but anodyne, or gratification of the aesthetic sense?

anodyne

Synonyms for anodyne

analgesic

anesthetic

anesthetic/anaesthetic

anesthetics

balm

anodyne

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Synonyms for anodyne

anaesthetics