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allaying

Meaning of allaying

verb
  1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
    to allay popular excitement
  2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
    to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
  3. To subside, abate, become peaceful.
  4. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
  5. (by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

noun

An allayment.

Information about allaying

Hyphenation of allaying

al-lay-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 letters.
  • allaying is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

allaying synonyms

Meaning :

appease, assuage, calm, compose, quiet, soothe, abate, alleviate