(transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften. (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious. (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation. (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering. Synonyms: comfort, solace; see also Thesaurus: comfort
(no longer productive) Destructively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of destruction or pain. for hang is to hang to death, for think is to cause distress or regret to, for do is to kill
Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). [from 15th c.] Synonyms: doleful, sorrowful, smartful, irksome, annoying; see also Thesaurus:painful
