Thesaurus / relieved
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I was always relieved to hear his voice, but I was always in the middle of something.
'YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING.' WHY I'LL ALWAYS DROP EVERYTHING TO ANSWER MY BROTHER'S CALLS FROM PRISONREUBEN JONATHAN MILLERFEBRUARY 16, 2021TIMEThe Steelers are surely relieved they aren’t the shorthanded team.
THE CLEVELAND BROWNS WERE AN NFL FEEL-GOOD STORY. THEN THE CORONAVIRUS GOT JEALOUS.JERRY BREWERJANUARY 6, 2021WASHINGTON POST“We’re relieved to see that monitoring and censorship is still not a policy option,” said Christoph Schmon, international policy director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the world’s biggest digital rights organization.
BIG TECH RISKS BIG FINES, AND EVEN BREAKUP, UNDER EUROPE’S NEW CONTENT AND ANTITRUST RULESDAVID MEYERDECEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNEWorkers simply exchanged relieved looks — and then burst into applause.
LOCAL CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS ARE BECOMING ELECTION-WEEK CELEBRITIES. THEY’RE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE.TRAVIS ANDREWS, ASHLEY FETTERSNOVEMBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON POSTSome feel relieved that the burden of dowry and economic baggage of unmarried daughters have been lifted.
THREE WOMEN: STORIES OF INDIAN TRAFFICKED BRIDESLGBTQ-EDITOROCTOBER 5, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSThus night fell, and darkness settled down about him, relieved only by the red glow of the logs smouldering on the hearth.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHe reached down inside my shirt, with a none too gentle hand, and relieved me of the belt that held the money.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRThe bridesmaids relieved their feelings by many salutes and much tittering.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThis was very agreeable; but he was, nevertheless, greatly relieved when a boat came in sight sailing toward him.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLRelieved when she entered, she was again struck with fear when Phœbe Chiffinch had come near enough to enable her to see her face.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUWORDS RELATED TO RELIEVED
- adequate
- agreeable
- appropriate
- at rest
- cared for
- cheerful
- complacent
- contented
- convenient
- cozy
- delightful
- easy
- enjoyable
- enjoying
- gratified
- hale
- happy
- healthy
- hearty
- loose
- loose-fitting
- made well
- pleasant
- pleased
- protected
- relaxed
- relaxing
- relieved
- rested
- restful
- restored
- satisfactory
- satisfying
- serene
- sheltered
- snug
- snug as a bug in a rug
- soft
- soothed
- strengthened
- untroubled
- useful
- warm
- well-off
- arresting
- beetling
- bulging
- easily seen
- embossed
- extended
- extrusive
- eye-catching
- flashy
- hanging out
- hilly
- in the foreground
- jutting
- marked
- noticeable
- obtrusive
- obvious
- outstanding
- projecting
- pronounced
- protruding
- protrusive
- protuberant
- raised
- relieved
- remarkable
- rough
- rugged
- salient
- shooting out
- signal
- standing out
- striking
- to the fore
- unmistakable
- active
- alert
- blooming
- bouncing
- bright
- bright-eyed
- bushy-tailed
- chipper
- clear
- creamy
- dewy
- fair
- florid
- glowing
- good
- hardy
- invigorated
- keen
- like new
- lively
- refreshed
- rehabilitated
- relaxed
- relieved
- rested
- restored
- revived
- rosy
- ruddy
- sprightly
- spry
- stimulated
- undimmed
- unfaded
- unused
- unwearied
- unwithered
- verdant
- vigorous
- vital
- wholesome
- young
- arresting
- beetling
- bulging
- easily seen
- embossed
- extended
- extrusive
- eye-catching
- flashy
- hanging out
- hilly
- in the foreground
- jutting
- marked
- noticeable
- obtrusive
- obvious
- outstanding
- projecting
- pronounced
- protruding
- protrusive
- protuberant
- raised
- relieved
- remarkable
- rough
- rugged
- salient
- shooting out
- signal
- standing out
- striking
- to the fore
- unmistakable
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