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anodyne
Synonyms and Antonyms of anodyne
- the otherwise anodyne comments sounded quite inflammatory when taken out of context
menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening
hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound
nasty, noisome, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome
offensive, painful, scathing, wounding
deadly, fatal, lethal, ruinous
destructive, insidious, malignant, noxious, pestilent, polluted, tainted
anodyne
Synonyms and Antonyms of anodyne
- the dentist prescribed an anodyne after the root canal
sedative, tranquilizer (also tranquillizer)
- as an anodyne for the stress and superficiality of the modern world, there's nothing better than reading a literary classic of substance and insight
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