Antonyms for alleviated


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-lee-vee-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈli viˌeɪt


Definition of alleviated

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French allevier or directly from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviare "to lighten," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + levis "light" in weight (see lever). Related: Alleviated; alleviating.
  • verb relieve; lessen
Example sentences :
  • One thing occurred on this sad bereavement which alleviated it a little.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • Horam was rather more distressed than alleviated by her protestations.
  • Extract from : « Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers » by Various
  • I can assure you that the plight of the downtrodden workers will be alleviated.
  • Extract from : « Gambler's World » by John Keith Laumer
  • He composed such incantations also by which distempers are alleviated.
  • Extract from : « The Antiquities of the Jews » by Flavius Josephus
  • This fate could only be alleviated by the education and elevation of women.
  • Extract from : « A Little Journey in the World » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • I tried to thank him, but my case was not of a kind to be alleviated by this sort of consolation.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846 » by Various
  • Still, by our sympathy we might have alleviated your sufferings, which must have been intense.
  • Extract from : « The Deacon » by Horace C. Dale
  • Try as he would, Dick could discover no way in which it might be alleviated.
  • Extract from : « The Pioneer Boys of the Yellowstone » by Harrison Adams
  • Our losses were severe, and they were not alleviated by the consolations of victory.
  • Extract from : « The British Expedition to the Crimea » by William Howard Russell
  • Is there not poverty to be remedied, pain to be alleviated, ignorance to be removed?
  • Extract from : « Natural Man » by Arthur B. Moss

Synonyms for alleviated

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