anodyne

• Please do not hesitate to call your flight attendant if you require an anodyne, and remember that your satisfaction is our prime directive. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
• These fierce competitors are united in their appreciation for the anodyne-unmemorable standard checks and inoffensively bland physical branches. —  Slate Magazine
• Vainly he paced his library, vainly sought the old anodyne--the blessed anodyne of books; he was consumed with impatience to consult with his wife, and she, fragile always, and fatigued by last evening's gaieties, was still asleep He went for the twentieth time into the room where the Chamberlain was lying. —  Doom Castle
• In some cases a general anodyne, as morphia, was preferable; then always to be used with caution, as the patients soon craved inordinately for it, and were unwilling to give it up. —  Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
• It took a few minutes for the relief of the anodyne, and even that couldn't kill all the pain. —  Badge of Infamy

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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