Thesaurus: anodyne

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1. a. Serving to assuage pain; soothing.
2. a. Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
3. adj. capable of relieving pain
4. n. a medicine used to relieve pain
5. word/serving">Serving to word/assuage">assuage pain; soothing. The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke. Note: "The word [in a medical sense] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce." Am. Cyc. Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
6. Serving to assuage pain; soothing.The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke.
7. j:100 n a medicine used to relieve pain s capable of relieving pain