anodyne
/ˈæn.ə.daɪn/
noun
- 1
Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain
- 2
A source of relaxation or comfort
adjective
- 1
(pharmaceutical effect) capable of soothing or eliminating pain
- 2
Soothing or relaxing
“Classical music is rather anodyne.”
- 3
(by extension) noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate
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