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
● Faint
● Fine
● Flat
● Genial
● Lenient
● Light
● Lukewarm
● Medium
● Nothing
● Pabulum
● Pacific
● Placid
● Soothing
● Vanilla
● Ho-hum
● Tempered
● Wimpy
Opposite/Antonyms of Lenitive:
● Hard
● Uncool
● Wild
● Loud
● Firm
● Severe
● Violent
● Strong
● Rough
● Harsh
● Coarse
● Hot
● Cold
● Nervous
● Fierce
● Agitated
● Unkind
● Upset
● Stormy
● 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.