lenitive

Definitions

Relieving pain or alleviating distress; soothing.

A medicine or application that eases pain or irritation.

Examples

The doctor prescribed a lenitive ointment to soothe the patient's irritated skin.

She found the soft music to be a lenitive influence after a long and stressful day at work.

The warm tea acted as a lenitive for his sore throat, providing immediate relief.

Synonyms

soothing calming mitigating assuaging allaying mollifying anodyne

Antonyms

irritating aggravating exacerbating painful harsh stimulating provocative