Your presence did allay my fear when I was caught in the traffic jam.
Synonyms:
1. Ease
2. Lighten
3. Abate
4. Relieve
5. Palliate
6. Soothe
7. Get rid of
8. Assuage
Contextual Examples:
A person can ease himself by admitting his fault.
You can lighten your heart by telling your difficulties to your friends.
We should sincerely fight and abate the communal forces.
This medicine has a soothing effect and is likely to relieve the patients of their pain immediately.
His words sounded eloquent but could not palliate the sorrow of his friend.
Ambitious young people try to get rid of the traditions.
A stone-hearted person may repress his own feelings but can not assuage the feelings of others.
Antonyms:
1. Aggravate
2. Enhance
3. Worsen
4. Heighten
Contextual Examples:
Timidity always aggravates a bad situation.
It does not enhance resistance to dangers.
It tends to worsen the overall circumstances.
His lack of co-operation heightens the fear-complex and dislocates high spirits and courageous action.
The Synonyms and Antonyms form an integral part of the English Language. Acquaintance with the vocabulary of the English language is a necessity for effective expression either in written or in an oral from. Synonyms are nothing but the similar meanings of a particular word or its semantic relation. A Synonym is a word or a phrase that means the same as another word or a phrase in the same language. Antonyms are the negative connotation of a particular word. An Antonym is a word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to a particular word or a phrase in the same language.
