allays

Meaning of allays

verb
  1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
    to allay popular excitement
  2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
    to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
  3. To subside, abate, become peaceful.
  4. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
  5. (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

Words that rhyme with allays

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