anodyne

Speech parts

1. anodyne - Noun

2. anodyne - Adjective

3. anodyne - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Serving to assuage pain; soothing.

Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

analgesic painkiller analgetic pain pill drug safe harmless narcotic anesthetic hypnotic anaesthetic bland laudanum sedative innocuous
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Antonyms

damage bad pain injury ill harm
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Hypernyms

medicine medication medicament medicinal drug

Hyponyms

Bayer Dilaudid morphine codeine morphia aspirin

Anagrams

annoyed

Examples

the anodyne properties of certain drugs Source: Internet

an analgesic effect Source: Internet

Asher Roth reclaims rap for people who aren’t actually part of hip-hop culture with the anodyne frat track "." Source: Internet

Far from clandestine, the rest of Page’s trip was well publicized and apparently anodyne. Source: Internet

But, as the culture writer David Kamp pointed out in a New York Times opinion piece last month, many African Americans found Franklin "to be anodyne at best and a token at worst." Source: Internet

It feels like they’re asking something more anodyne along the lines of “Would you rather have a third Obama term than a first Clinton or Trump term?” than proposing a stark situation in which the White House tries to grab power by canceling Election Day. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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