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Definition
to lessen something that is bad — especially to lessen pain- Regular massage will help to alleviate the pain.
alleviate = lessen
- She wants to save the planet and alleviate poverty at the same time.
- May seemed to be aware of his disappointment, but without knowing how to alleviate it; and they stood up and walked silently home.Wharton, Edith -- The Age of Innocence
- habit brought—no, not alleviation—but a certain callousness of soul, a certain acquiescence of despair;Robert Louis Stevenson -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- There had been a great deal of concern that he might lapse into a long-term coma, but his wakening had alleviated all the worry.William P. Young -- The Shack
- The mansion was eerily quiet, with only the fizzle of the last few solinium flares to alleviate the stillness.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- If nothing else, it alleviated the pain of simply watching.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- Lourdes's boyfriend tries to find a way to alleviate the sadness he sees in Lourdes.Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey
- The lights inside were bright, but they did little to alleviate the blackness of the encroaching forest.Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
- It was stunning to Mariam how quickly alleviating hunger became the crux of their existence.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- I decide to take care of his upper body first, to alleviate some pain, before I tackle whatever damage Cato did to his leg.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- ...she wasn't even attempting to alleviate my concerns.Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John
- The colony is working to alleviate this problem with the nectar, as it puts a world of hurt on the potential for export.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- Honour to those indefatigable spirits who consecrate their vigils to the amelioration or to the alleviation of their kind!Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
- Sarah served, carrying on a babbling conversation which alleviated the need for either adult to speak to the other.Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
- Towards dawn his brother became serener. (For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?)Thornton Wilder -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- Small periods of socialization are granted to alleviate the tedium.Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay
- ...and during this period I was busied in earnest endeavors to alleviate the melancholy of my friend.Edgar Allan Poe -- The Fall of the House of Usher
- And that was how Baba ended those humiliating food stamp moments at the cash register and alleviated one of his greatest fears:Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner
- He had been so sure that Sirius's reply would alleviate his worries rather than increasing them.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
alleviate = lessen
alleviate = lessen
alleviation = lessening of pain
alleviated = lessened (reduced)
alleviate = lessen or make less severe (something that is bad)
alleviated = reduced
alleviate = lessen (something that is bad)
alleviate = lessen (especially something bad)
alleviating = to lessen something that is bad
alleviate = lessen (something that is bad)
alleviate = lessen
alleviate = to lessen something that is bad
alleviation = diminishing of bad
alleviated = to lessen something that is bad — especially pain
alleviation = to lessen something that is bad
alleviate = decrease (lessen something that is bad)
alleviate = to lessen something that is bad
alleviated = reduced something bad
alleviate = lessen (something that is bad)