noun
- one who or that which allays, calms, or reduces something unpleasant
Usage: formal
Examples
- The medicine served as an effective allayer of her pain.
- Music became his chief allayer of stress after long workdays.
- The counselor acted as an allayer of the students’ anxieties before the exam.
- Cool water was the best allayer of the burning sensation.
- She sought an allayer for her troubled thoughts.
- The gentle breeze was a natural allayer of the summer heat.