allayern.
/əˈleɪə/, U.S. /əˈleɪər/, /æˈleɪər/ A person who or thing which allays something (in various senses of allay v.1); esp. a person who or thing which tempers, restrains, or alleviates pain, a strong emotion, etc.; a mitigator, an assuager.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > one who or that which mitigates or moderates
slakea1300
mitigativea1398
allayerc1487
slaker?1518
assuager1547
abater1583
mollifier1583
mitigator1586
moderator1589
softener1599
rebater1601
lightener?1611
allay1614
swager1617
mitigation1622
temperer1630
alleviator1665
alleviative1672
sheather1762
soberera1849
buffer1858
charmer1871
suppressant1884
modifier1890
moderant1897
shock-absorber1924
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person
appairer1382
malisona1525
deformer1562
annoyer1577
scathe1579
harmer1583
mischief1586
allayer1615
crippler1648
devilifier1793
vitiator1846
deterioratora1856
flivver1915
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief > one who or that which consoles or relieves
comfortera1382
discharger?1537
consolatora1540
assuager1547
cheerer?1567
easera1592
tame-grief1606
lightener?1611
solacer1611
lenitive1614
swager1617
allayer1631
unbender1637
comfortable1650
alleviator1725
consoler1740
soother1780
reassurer1882
a shoulder to cry on1935
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 349 Wyne enmyxte with thalayer of water wan & colde.
1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vii. f. 50 (margin) Qualefiers and alayers of the heate of bloud [L. Quæ sanguinis feruorem temporant].
1615 A. Niccholes Disc. Marriage & Wiving xi, in Harl. Misc. (1744) II. 158 Indigence and Want, two great Allayers of Affection.
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 20 O head, the allayer of my passion! O reliever of my torment!
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxvi. 125 Phlegm and pure blood, being reputed allayers of acrimony.
1702 R. Pitt Craft Physick Expos'd 156 The Patient..has by degrees more or less Sleep, the..Allayer of the turbulent and unquiet.
1793 tr. M. J. P. R. Y. G. Du Motier Statem. Own Conduct & Princ. 28 Water was deemed a wholesome allayer of a peasant's thirst.
1839 Bentley's Misc. May 538 He..was..the cause, instead of the allayer, of her sorrows.
1899 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Oct. 983/2 One of the most effective pain allayers in uterine cancer cases, namely orthoform.
1920 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 123/3 (advt.) Sloan's Liniment has stood paramount for thirty-eight years as a reliable, effective allayer of Rheumatic Twinges.
1957 P. Halmos Toward Meas. Man iii. iv. 125 Art is a natural and proper antitoxin, a natural and proper allayer of disbalance.
2004 H. Kureishi My Ear at his Heart v. 63 He is sitting on the balcony in the heat, considering what a calmer of fears and allayer of doubts Lucy is.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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