allay

allay is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.
2. transitive verb. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
3. transitive verb. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
4. noun. Alleviation; abatement; check.
5. noun. Alloy.
6. transitive verb. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
7. verb. satisfy (thirst)

   "The cold water quenched his thirst"

   Synonyms: assuage, quench, slake

8. verb. lessen the intensity of or calm

   "The news eased my conscience"

   "still the fears"

   Synonyms: ease, relieve, still

Synonyms

assuage, quench, slake, ease, relieve, still

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in allay:

yalla

Common word forms

allays, allayed, allayer, allaying, allayment

Words from these letters

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