Allay

Definitions: Allay

Allay

Verb

1. Lessen the intensity of; calm; as of of anxieties and fears.

2. Satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "allay" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Allay

Excitability

Compose, appease; (moderate); propitiate; repress; (restrain); render insensible; overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's excitability; master one's feelings.

Moderation

Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin.

Pacification

Verb: pacify, tranquilize, compose; allay; (moderate); reconcile, propitiate, placate, conciliate, meet halfway, hold out the olive branch, heal the breach, make peace, restore harmony, bring to terms.

Relief

Verb: relieve, ease, alleviate, mitigate, palliate, soothe; salve; soften, soften down; foment, stupe, poultice; assuage, allay.

Crosswords: Allay

You must understand that a blancmange impersonator and cannibal has to use some pretty clever stories to allay suspicion. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

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The ladies knew better how to allay it.

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Health

The principles of dialysis outlined for adults generally hold for children, although no retrospective or prospective studies have been performed that indicate reasonable targets of Kprt/V or Kdrt/V to maximally allay morbidity and mortality. (references)

Human Rights

Bhutan

Incommunicado detention of suspected militants was a serious problem in the early 1990's, but the initiation of ICRC prison visits and the establishment of an ICRC mail service between detainees and family members has helped to allay this problem. (references)

Minorities

Kenya

Muslim leaders criticized the attacks and met in an attempt to diffuse tensions and allay concerns of Christians in the area. (references)

Political Economy

THE BAHAMAS

The government has now decided to discontinue sales of islands to foreigners to allay concerns by locals that too much Bahamian land is sold to foreigners. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

zbut (amortise, amortize, appease, assuage, attenuate, break, calm, chasten, commute, daunt, disarm, ease, extenuate, malaxate, manage, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palatalize, palliate, propitiate, qualify, reclaim, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, tame, temper, tenderize, tone down), zbus (amortise, amortize, assuage, attenuate, break, calm, calm down, domesticate, ease, macerate, propitiate, relax, soften), qetësoj (appease, assuage, balsam, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize), lehtësoj (alleviate, assuage, attenuate, calm, dull, enable, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, palliate, relax, release, relieve, shake, soften, solace, soothe). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هدأ (appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), ‏لطف (affableness, alleviate, amenity, amiability, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, kindness, lighten, mildness, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, politeness, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, softness, soothe, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity), ‏سكن الألم (sedate), ‏سكن أقام (dwell, inhabit, mollify, populate, quell, reside). (various references)

Bulgarian 

успокоявам (appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize, unbend), облекчавам (alleviate, ameliorate, appease, comfort, disburden, disembarrass, ease, facilitate, help, lighten, mitigate, palliate, redress, relieve, soothe, sweeten, unburden, unload), намалявам (abate, abbreviate, attenuate, bring down, clip, contract, curtail, cut back, cut down, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deplete, detract, dim, diminish, ebb, extenuate, fine, impair, knock off, lessen, lighten, lull, minify, minimize, moderate, modify, pare down, prejudice, put back, put down, reduce, remit, run down, scant, shorten, shrink, sink, slacken, subdue, take from, thin, thin away, thin down, understate, wane, work down). (various references)

Chinese 

�"�'� (Allayed, Allaying, Alleviate, Alleviated, Alleviating, detente, Eased, Easement, Easing, mitigate, mitigated, Mitigating, mitigation, moderation, Palliative). (various references)

Czech

zmírnit (alleviate, break, cushion, deaden, defuse, dilute, ease, extenuate, loosen, mitigate, palliate, relieve, remit, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, temper, tone down, understate), zaplašit (banish, dispel, lay, quell, quieten, scare away, shoo, still), utišit (appease, assuage, becalm, ease, hush, pacify, quiet down, quieten, relieve, rest, silence, sooth, stay, tranquillize). (various references)

Dutch

amorfe metaallegering (amorphous metal allay). (various references)

Farsi 

ازشدت چیزی کاستن , ارام کردن (Acquiesce, Alleviate, Appease, Assuage, Conciliate, Cool, Gentle, Lull, Pacify, Placate, Quiet, Silence, Smooth, Solace, Still). (various references)

Finnish

lieventää (abate, mitigate, reduce, relax, relieve). (various references)

French

modérer, faire habiter. (various references)

German

zerstreuen (abstract, amuse, charm away, diffuse, dispel, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, distract, divert, entertain, lay, lull, resolve, scatter, sow, to allay, to disperse, to scatter), verringern (abate, bate, decrease, diminish, ease, extenuate, lessen, lower, reduce, scale down, slacken, thin, to abate, to allay, to bate, to reduce, weaken), beruhigen (appease, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, ease, kill, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, quieten down, reassure, relieve, salve, sedate, settle, settle down, smooth, soothe, still, to allay, to appease, to calm, to compose, to pacify, to reassure, to sedate, to tranquilize, to tranquillize). (various references)

Greek 

κατευνάζω (appease, assuage, conciliate, mollify, salve, tranquilize, tranquillize), ανακουφίζω (alleviate, comfort, disburden, ease, palliate, relieve, unburden). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"שקיט (calm, lull, pacify, quiet, slake, still, tranquillize), ל�"ר�'יע (appease, calm, disarm, lull, mollify, pacify, reassure, relieve, soothe, still). (various references)

Hungarian

lecsendesít (becalm, calm, hush, lull, pacify, quieten, to appease, to assuage, to calm, to calm sy down, to hush, to lull, to pacify, to quiet down, to quieten, to still, to stroke down, to stroke sy down, to tranquillize), enyhít (alleviate, comfort, ease, extenuate, mitigate, moderate, palliate, relieve, soft pedal, soothe, to abate, to allay, to alleviate, to appease, to assuage, to blunt, to deaden, to dull, to extenuate, to mitigate, to mollify, to relax, to release, to salve, to slacken, to soften, to still, to water down). (various references)

Indonesian

menyembuhkan (curative, heal, vulnerary), menghilangkan (deaden, delete, fade, omit), menenangkan (abate, assuage, comfort, tranquillize). (various references)

Italian

alleviare (alleviate, ease, relieve), mitigare (abate, alleviate, assuage, attanuate, attenuate, become mild, calm down, lessen, lighten, loosen, mince, mitigate, palliate, relax, relieve, soften, soothe), calmare (abate, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, compose, cool, ease, hush, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, reassure, sober, soothe, still, to appease). (various references)

Manx

meeinaghey (abate; amelioration, abatement, alleviate, alleviation, assuagement, domestication, moderate, soften, tame, taming), kiunaghey (appease, appeasement, becalm, calm, calming, compose, die down, hush, hush as child, lull, pacification, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, sedate, sedation, soothe, steady down, tranquillization, tranquillize). (various references)

Pig Latin

allayay

Portuguese

aliviar (alleviate, assuage, blunt, comfort, console, disburden, ease, lighten, palliate, redress, relieve, salve, still, unburden), acalmar (appease, assuage, becalm, calm down, cool, ease, hush, lay, lullaby, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, resettle, salve, settle, simmer down, slow down, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), suavizar (alleviate, assuage, attemper, ease, gentlefolks, mitigate, palliate, salve, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, tone down, unload), reprimir (arrest, bit, bridle, check, coerce, constrain, control, Cork, dove, forbear, gulp, halt, keep back, keep down, overbear, quell, quench, refrain, rein in, repress, restrain, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, throttle, tutor, vanquish). (various references)

Romanian

alina (abate, alleviate, comfort, ease, lighten, lull, mitigate, palliate, relieve, set in a row, solace, soothe, stop, temper), adormi (alleviate, assuage, cheat, delude, die, drop asleep, drop off, fall asleep, go to sleep, hoodwink, knock out, lull, narcotize, rock, soften, soothe), stinge (annihilate, annul, appease, baste, choke, die, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, hush, quench, quit, silence, slack, slake, smother, wither), satisface (answer, appease, cater for, content, fill, grant, gratify, humor, humour, meet, pander to, please, satisfy, serve, suit), potoli durerea (appease, soothe), ogoi (abate, assuage, hush, pacify, soothe, subside), domoli (appease, assuage, calm, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reassure, remit, soften, soothe), calma (appease, becalm, calm, chasten, compose, ease, kill, mollify, pacify, quiet, salve, settle, smooth, smooth down, sober, soften, soothe, steady, still, temper, tranquillize). (various references)

Russian 

успокаивать (appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet, quiet down, quieted, quieten, quieting, reassure, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), утолять (quench, slack, slake), облегчать (alleviate, appease, ease, facilitate, lighten, make ~ easy, mitigate, palliate, release, relieve, unburden). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ublaženost. (various references)

Spanish

aquietar (calm, calm down, lay, lull, reassure, soothe, still, to appease), aliviar (alleviate, assuage, attanuate, beguile, comfort, deaden, dull, ease, help, lessen, lighten, reduce, relieve, soothe, unburden), mitigar (abate, alleviate, appease, ease, extenuate, mitigate, moderate, qualify, relax, relieve, soften, soothe, temper, weaken), entretener (amuse, beguile, delay, detain, distract, entertain, hold up, keep, keep waiting, kill, maintain, occupy, put off), calmar (appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, damp, dampen, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, settle, sober down, soothe, still). (various references)

Swedish

stilla (appease, calm, compose, gentle, halcyon, lull, Pacific, pacify, peaceful, quell, quiescent, quite, salve, satisfy, silent, silently, still, tranquil, tranquilize, tranquillize), minska (abate, curtail, decrease, degrade, descend, detract from, diminish, ease, extenuate, fall off, fine away, fine down, go down, lapse, lessen, let up, lower, put down, reduce, sag, shrink, sink, slacken, step down, subside, wane), mildra (abate, alleviate, assuage, cushion, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, relax, remit, salve, soften), lugna (appease, becalm, calm, calm down, hush, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quieten, reassure, salve, settle, settle down, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references)

Turkish

yatıştırmak (abate, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), sakinleştirmek (appease, becalm, calm, hush, pacify, placate, quiet, smooth, smooth down, soothe, steady, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), hafifletmek (alleviate, appease, assuage, attenuate, commute, deaden, de-escalate, ease, emasculate, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, moderate, modify, palliate, qualify, relieve, remit, soft pedal, subdue, water, weaken), gidermek (appease, avert, clear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, efface, eliminate, fulfil, fulfill, gratify, iron out, obviate, quench, remove, repair, resolve, satisfy, slake, smooth away, smooth out, supply), bastırmak (alleviate, appease, assuage, bear against, beat down, bottle up, Burke, choke, compress, crucify, depress, drown, extinguish, flow, gulp, gulp down, hold down, keep down, keep in, keep under, outtalk, overbear, overtake, pocket, push down, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, set in, settle, settle in, silence, smother, smother up, squash, squelch, stamp, stifle, strangle, subdue, submerge, suppress, swallow, throttle back, throttle down, weigh, weigh down, whelm, whip). (various references)

Ukranian 

ослабляти (abate, attenuate, deaden, debilitate, depress, emasculate, enfeeble, extenuate, impair, infirm, let down, loosen, lower, overcome, relax, slack, slacken, subdue, unbind, water, weaken), змішувати (blend, combine, commingle, commix, compound, confound, immingle, intermingle, intermix, jumble, jumble together, medley, mingle, mix), зменшувати (abate, alleviate, ax, axe, belittle, cut back, decrease, detract, diminish, dwindle, extenuate, lessen, minify, palliate, relax, slacken, turn down, whittle away), послаблювати (damp, ease, reduce), пом'якшувати (alleviate, appease, assuage, attenuate, dulcify, expurgate, gentle, milden, mitigate, modify, mollify, palatalize, rebate, remit, smooth, smooth over, soft pedal, soften, soothe, tone down), домішувати (tinge). (various references)

Welsh

tawelu (appease, becalm, become quiet, calm), lliniaru (assuage, ease, soothe), lleddfu (assuage, flatten, soften, soothe). (various references)

consedere, lenieris, lenietur, lenior, lenirent, lenis, sedare, sedasset, sedaverunt, sedavit, sedem, sedemus, sedent, sedere, sederis, sedes, sedet, sedetis, sedetur, sedo. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "allay": allayed, allayer, allayers, allaying, allays. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Allay" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alaby, alac, alah, alak, alal, alala, Alatyn, Alatyr, alau, alax, alay, alaye, Alayh, alday, aleay, aley, Alfy, aliya, alka, alla, Allab, Allaf, allan, allar, allavy, allday, allegy, allek, allev, alli, alliby, allii, alllay, Allnat, alloa, alloc, alloj, alloyn, allua, Allway, Allwyn, allyl, altay, alty, alya, Anlaby, Aolaia, Aslaby, Aulaye, aullay, Aulnay, Awliya, callaly, callay, elay, Ellaby, gallay, halay, hallay, illah, illau, Illya, Kalay, kallah, lala, llya, Mallya, Sallay, Talalay, ulla, Vallay. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ally.

-2 letters: aal, ala, all, lay.

-3 letters: aa, al, ay, la, ya.

+1 letter: alanyl, allays, anally.

+2 letters: alanyls, allayed, allayer, areally, aurally, axially, banally, basally, cavally, fallacy, fatally, hallway, nasally, navally, papally, salably, vagally, wallaby.

+3 letters: aborally, actually, aerially, alkalify, alkylate, allayers, allaying, alleyway, allogamy, amorally, animally, annually, anodally, apically, astrally, atonally, axillary, balladry, ballyrag, blamably, caecally, calyceal, carnally, carryall, casually, caudally, causally, facially, fallaway, faunally, hallways, labially, ladypalm, laically, lallygag, landlady, laryngal, laudably, manually, palpably, placably, playable, playland, polygala, racially, radially, rascally, rollaway, saleably, salvably, scalably, tallyman, tarnally, valuably, welladay, wellaway.

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