OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 18987

anodyne

/ˈæn.ə.daɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
anodino
Capable of soothing or eliminating pain.
Many a time has the vapor of ether been inhaled for the relief of oppressed lungs; many a time has the sought relief been thus obtained; and just so many times has the discovery of…
The citrate is the most efficient as an alkali, but irritates some stomachs, the liquor the most anodyne, the acetate the most diuretic.
relajante • tranquilizante
Soothing or relaxing.
Classical music is rather anodyne.
anodino
Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate.
It all became so routine, so anodyne, so dull.
States typically like to stick to anodyne messages, like saving wildflowers or animals. But every so often a controversy crops up.
📚 noun • entry_id 18988

anodyne

/ˈæn.ə.daɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tranquilizante
A source of relaxation or comfort.
Nor do I mean to say that Virtue is not Virtue because it is never tempted to go astray; only that dulness is a much finer gift than we give it credit for being; and that some peop…
The air was heavy with the perfume of the flowers, and their beauty seemed to bring him an anodyne for his pain.
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