lenitive
[ len-i-tiv ]
Synonyms for lenitive
- balmy
- benign
- bland
- breezy
- calm
- cool
- delicate
- mellow
- moderate
- peaceful
- smooth
- soft
- sunny
- tepid
- warm
- weak
- benignant
- blah
- choice
- clear
- clement
- dainty
- demulcent
- easy
- emollient
- exquisite
- faint
- fine
- flat
- genial
- ho-hum
- lenient
- light
- lukewarm
- medium
- mollifying
- nothing
- nothing much
- pabulum
- pacific
- placid
- soothing
- tempered
- untroubled
- vanilla
- wimpy
MOST RELEVANT
Antonyms for lenitive
- agitated
- coarse
- cold
- excited
- firm
- hard
- harsh
- healthy
- hot
- loud
- noisy
- rough
- severe
- stormy
- strong
- turbulent
- uncool
- unfriendly
- unkind
- upset
- violent
- wild
- fierce
- flappable
- nervous
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR LENITIVE
And in the hospital of the mind, the lenitive and fostering measures have a still larger share in the work of a moral restoration.
Not in a state of lenitive pain, sanative, and in some degree encouraging, but in a condition of incipient mortification.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR LENITIVE
- balmy
- benign
- benignant
- blah
- bland
- breezy
- calm
- choice
- clear
- clement
- cool
- dainty
- delicate
- demulcent
- easy
- emollient
- exquisite
- faint
- fine
- flat
- genial
- ho-hum
- lenient
- lenitive
- light
- lukewarm
- medium
- mellow
- moderate
- mollifying
- nothing
- nothing much
- pabulum
- pacific
- peaceful
- placid
- smooth
- soft
- soothing
- sunny
- tempered
- tepid
- untroubled
- vanilla
- warm
- weak
- wimpy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.