Definizione monolingua

anodyne

anodyne (plural anodynes)

1. (pharmacology) Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain.
2. (figuratively) A source of relaxation or comfort.

anodyne (comparative more anodyne, superlative most anodyne)

1. Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. [from 16th c.]
   • 1847, Littells Living Age, number 161, 12 June 1847, in Volume 13, page 483:

     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 wonderful anodyne properties of this gas, as affecting all bodily suffering, been brushed past and overlooked.

   • 1910, Edward L. Keyes, Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs, page 211:

     The citrate is the most efficient as an alkali, but irritates some stomachs, the liquor the most anodyne, the acetate the most diuretic.

2. (figuratively) Soothing or relaxing. [from 18th c.]

   Classical music is rather anodyne.

3. Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate; bland, inoffensive. [from 20th c.]
   • 2003, The Guardian, 20 May 2003:

     It all became so routine, so anodyne, so dull.

   • 2010, ""Rattled"", The Economist, 9 Dec 2010:

     States typically like to stick to anodyne messages, like saving wildflowers or animals. But every so often a controversy crops up.

Definizione dizionario anodyne

anodino

calmante

sedativo

Altri significati:

capable of soothing or eliminating pain

Capable of alleviating or eliminating pain.

(pharmacology) Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain.

noncontentious, blandly agreeable

Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate; bland, inoffensive. [from 20th c.]

(figuratively) A source of relaxation or comfort.

soothing or relaxing

Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. [from 16th c.]

(figuratively) Soothing or relaxing. [from 18th c.]