Anodyne

Word ANODYNE
Character 7
Hyphenation an o dyne
Pronunciations /ˈæn.ə.daɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Anodyne"

What do we mean by anodyne?

Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. adjective

Relaxing. adjective

A medicine, such as aspirin, that relieves pain. noun

A source of soothing comfort. noun

Having power to relieve pain; hence, soothing to the feelings.

A medicine or drug which relieves pain, as an opiate or a narcotic; hence, figuratively, anything that allays mental pain or distress. noun

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

Serving to assuage pain; soothing. adjective

Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain. noun

A source of relaxation or comfort. noun

Capable of relieving pain adjective

A medicine used to relieve pain noun

Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain

A source of relaxation or comfort

A source of soothing comfort. Urban Dictionary

One of the words that Lois Griffin needed to know how to use in a sentence before before Peter got home. Urban Dictionary

A killer band from new milford connecticut. with sexy guys and a chick bass player. Urban Dictionary

Trance,dreamy,free-peaceful,dope Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Anodyne

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The word "anodyne" in example sentences

HoF II was designed by the Taylor Morrison company, a home builder specializing in anodyne subdevelopmental housing in the Southwest. ❋ P. J. O (2008)

Theyre's a band called anodyne that sounds pretty interesting playing tomorrow, and I talked to Big Jim about going. .but the Nor'easter has put those plans in jeopardy. ❋ Mesocyclone (2005)

It may be that the last new anodyne, which is warranted to have all the virtues and none of the ill-effects of opium, had also come to the end of _its_ tether. ❋ William Frend De Morgan (1878)

A strong infusion or tea of the hop is one of the most valuable remedies we have for gravel, and inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, it is narcotic or anodyne, that is it alleviates pain and produces sleep. ❋ Richard Foreman (1849)

As a noun, the English "anodyne" means "something that relieves pain," as you said, and as an adjective it means "pain-relieving." ❋ Unknown (2009)

She had this quote in her convention speech, a kind of anodyne quote about how small towns are good. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Any pretext for action was a kind of anodyne, and she despatched her maid to the Farlows 'with a note asking if Miss Viner would receive her. ❋ Unknown (1912)

One remembers Defoe, who for so many years lived in the reputation of honourable politics and in the odour of such sanctity as Robinson Crusoe could give, until the discovery of certain yellow papers revealed the base political treachery for which the great island story had been a kind of anodyne to conscience. ❋ John Kelman (1896)

Rachel moved about in the darkened rooms, feeling as if the faint, sweet, overpowering perfume were a kind of anodyne, that was mercifully, during those early days, lulling her senses into lethargy. ❋ Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe Bell (1890)

_Last Essays on Church and Religion_, the first is an elaborate and rather anxious apology, and the second a collection of diverse and comparatively "anodyne" essays. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

But to hear them now together was a kind of anodyne to Elinor, it stayed and calmed her. ❋ Unknown (1862)

I know it's kind of anodyne to say that equal societies make better ones, but it still needs to be said, especially as our society grows less equal and less 'better' each day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a new administration and Congress consider how to clean up the mess left them by the Bush administration, when it comes to the torture issue, many liberals in the political class are looking to a global adoption of the Army Field Manual as a kind of anodyne for this problem. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama is the furthest thing possible from the kind of anodyne, Mark Warner-ish technorat who is concerned only with economic issues and the functioning of government programs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Somebody has been giving it a powerful anodyne, that is certain. ❋ Unknown (1847)

withdrew demands that material should be withheld on national security grounds when the appeal court found previously redacted information to be "anodyne", and already in the public domain, Liberty says. ❋ Richard Norton-Taylor (2010)

The will to look the grimmest facts of life and destiny in the face, without flinching, and the resolve to accept no "anodyne" from religion or philosophy, combined with a ceaseless interest in the human fate and the human story, and a natural, inbred sympathy for the many against the few, for the unfortunate against the prosperous; it was these ardors and the burning sincerity with which he felt them, that made him so great a power among us, his juniors by half a generation. ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

"...[anodyne] novels about [country] [life]." ❋ Dude From The North (2008)

[A friend] [asked] me what [anodyne] means. ❋ Dr. Jack Bright (2022)

[Holy shit]! The Anodyne Conflict [rocks]! i want to have sex with every member of that [band]! ❋ Anthony (2003)

I feel Anodyne........[prolly] [cuz] of that [pill]..... ❋ Thimethma Potter (2023)

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