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View definitions for alleviating

alleviating

adjective as in medical

adjective as in soothing

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Example Sentences

To present the GOP as a party committed to alleviating party.

And we believe what we are doing is alleviating our dependence on fossil fuels.

A 4% inflation rate now would do equal good alleviating the burden of mortgage and student debt.

It does not possess the means of alleviating its own distresses, much less of assisting others to any considerable extent.

More sagacious and astute, the wary mule seeks a different mode of alleviating his thirst.

Fasting and prayer seemed to have an alleviating tendency, yet they did not prevent the evil continuing in a mitigated form.

Some snow that covered the ground was eagerly devoured, but increased, instead of alleviating, their sufferings.

In short, life was too hard for them; it brought its constant cares without any alleviating pleasures.

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On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to alleviating, such as: encouraging, reassuring, refreshing, soothing, abating, and allaying.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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