Allay

Quick meaning: Allay is a verb meaning (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

Meaning

(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
3. Alleviation; abatement; check.
4. (archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
5. (archaic, by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
6. (obsolete) An alloy.

Example Sentences

to allay popular excitement

to allay the tumult of the passions

O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstacy, […]

to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity

Word Forms

• allays
• allaying
• allayed

Synonyms for allay

Depending on context, synonyms include appease, assuage, compose, soothe, calm, quiet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include assuage, relieve, ease, still, quench, slake.

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