Lenitive [adjective]

Definition of Lenitive:

gentle, temperate, nonirritating

Synonyms of Lenitive:

● Tepid

● Delicate

● Peaceful

● Sunny

● Balmy

● Breezy

● Benign

● Warm

● Weak

● Calm

● Smooth

● Bland

● Mellow

● Moderate

● Soft

● Cool

● Blah

● Choice

● Clear

● Clement

● Dainty

● Easy

● Emollient

● Exquisite

● Faint

● Fine

● Flat

● Genial

● Lenient

● Light

● Lukewarm

● Medium

● Nothing

● Pabulum

● Pacific

● Placid

● Soothing

● Untroubled

● Vanilla

● Benignant

● Demulcent

● Ho-hum

● Nothing much

● Tempered

● Wimpy


Opposite/Antonyms of Lenitive:

● Hard

● Uncool

● Wild

● Loud

● Firm

● Severe

● Violent

● Turbulent

● Strong

● Rough

● Harsh

● Coarse

● Hot

● Cold

● Nervous

● Fierce

● Agitated

● Unkind

● Upset

● Stormy

● Unfriendly

● Noisy

● Excited

● Healthy


Sentence/Example of Lenitive:

And in the hospital of the mind, the lenitive and fostering measures have a still larger share in the work of a moral restoration.

Playing is sometimes an excellent lenitive to calm the mind, and to smother the ardent fire of love.

Not in a state of lenitive pain, sanative, and in some degree encouraging, but in a condition of incipient mortification.