What does amelioration mean?
to make better or more
ameliorate • h-MEE-lee-uh-rayt\ • verb. 1 : to make better or more tolerable 2 : to grow better : improve.
What is the synonym of ameliorate?
Some common synonyms of ameliorate are better, help, and improve. While all these words mean “to make more acceptable or to bring nearer a standard,” ameliorate implies making more tolerable or acceptable conditions that are hard to endure.
What is the synonym of exacerbated?
aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame, compound. intensify, increase, heighten, magnify, add to, amplify, augment. make matters worse, compound the problem. informal add fuel to the fire, add fuel to the flames, fan the flames, rub salt in the wounds, add insult to injury.
How do you use mitigate?
How to use Mitigate in a sentence
- Good information on a product can mitigate this problem.
- Morphine may be given hypodermically to mitigate the pain.
- They protect the valleys from destructive avalanches, and, retaining the superficial soil by their roots, they mitigate the destructive effects of heavy rains.
What is the synonym of Halcyon?
1 : calm, peaceful. 2 : happy, golden. 3 : prosperous, affluent.
What is the difference between ameliorate and meliorate?
A: These words mean the same thing—mostly. The Oxford English Dictionary defines “meliorate,” which came into English in the mid-16th century, as “to make better; to improve.” This meaning is identical to that of “ameliorate,” which entered the language some 200 years later.
What is an example of pejoration?
In historical linguistics, the process of an inoffensive word becoming pejorative is a form of semantic drift known as pejoration. An example of pejoration is the shift in meaning of the word silly from meaning that a person was happy and fortunate to meaning that they are foolish and unsophisticated.
What is the opposite of a pejoration?
Amelioration. amelioration. Noun. ▲ Opposite of the act of disparaging or belittling.
What is the adjective form of exacerbate?
[ ig-zas-er-bey-tid, ek-sas- ] SHOW IPA. / ɪgˈzæs ərˌbeɪ tɪd, ɛkˈsæs- / PHONETIC RESPELLING. See synonyms for exacerbated on Thesaurus.com. adjective.
What is a synonym for to make things worse?
intensify. irritate. rub salt into the wound. twist the knife in the wound. worsen.