Allay
/əˈleɪ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Allay
noun
- Alleviation; abatement; check.
- An alloy.
verb
- To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
"to allay popular excitement"
- To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
"to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity"
- To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
- (by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
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abatealleviateappeaseassuagecalmcomposequietsoothe