allays
Meaning of allays
verb
- To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
to allay popular excitement
- To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
- To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
- (by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
Information about allays
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of allays is: allay.
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Hyphenation of allays
al-lays
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- allays is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
allays synonyms
Meaning :
appease, assuage, calm, compose, quiet, soothe, abate, alleviate
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