ALLAYED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

allayed

verb

past tense of allay

as in alleviated

to make more bearable or less severe a gentle breeze would allay the heat

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Recent Examples of allayed Gold steadied after its biggest weekly gain since January, with traders assessing a surprise contraction in the US jobs market that allayed concerns around an interest-rate hike. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 Those concerns were allayed in the late hours on July 23, with the Milwaukee Bucks agreeing to move their All-Star forward to the Heat. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026 And the Supreme Court’s decision hasn’t allayed those fears. — Alison Graham Larson, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026 Those fears were allayed in late February when Dyer confirmed the home wouldn’t be demolished. — Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026 Early fears that the fast-food colossus would be overly brand conscious and dictate content were allayed. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026 Upsizing the facility implies an intent to use it more, and the transfer fees now committed to will clearly need to be funded at some stage, but any fears of Liverpool being unable to foot those bills should be allayed. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026 At the same time, its recent performance has allayed fears that broadening its AI offerings meant cannibalizing revenue from its core search business. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025 Pain & fear allayed when true magic applied. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025

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There are no guarantees that polling’s troubles – and persistent popular skepticism about the dependability of election polls – will be alleviated anytime soon.

— W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Woman after woman told USA TODAY that physicians never talked to their mothers who had become seriously ill or died about vaginal estrogen, something that would have alleviated their painful UTIs – and ultimately prevented them in the first place.

— Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of alleviated

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After 40 minutes, once the rain eased sufficiently, a call was made to get going, with a damp track offering the first wet racing of the year.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Those figures describe an economy that is still growing, but one that has neither eased price anxiety nor produced strong hiring.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of eased

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Over in markets, declines in Treasury yields and gains in key technology names helped to push the S&P 500 to a fresh all-time intraday high on Tuesday.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
As Madison explains, picking her first post-Oscar gig definitely stressed her out, but her desire to grow her career and range (a la Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert) helped push her to take on the project.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of helped

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Legitimate concerns about abuse can be mitigated through intelligent regulation, not by eliminating a long-standing policing tool.

— Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Supporters pointed to the environmental impact report, which found that those problems could be mitigated and resulted in the habitat preservation included in the proposal.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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