palliative
UK/ˈpælɪətɪv//ˈpælieɪtɪv/
palliative adjective: serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
Adjective
palliative (comparative more palliative, superlative most palliative)
- Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
- Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.
Noun
palliative (plural palliatives)
- Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
- The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.
- Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66
palliative meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
palliative in Hindi
- उपशामक
palliative in Tamil
- ஆற்றுகிற, தணிக்கும் மருந்து, நோய் தணிப்பி, நோய்க் குறி நீக்கல்
palliative in Marathi
- उपशामक
palliative in Urdu
- مسکن, درد کم کرنے والی, درمان
More languagesFewer languages
- palliative in Bengali
- উপশমকারী
- palliative in Malayalam
- ശമനകരമായ, ലഘുവാക്കുന്ന, ക്ഷാളകമായ, ശമകമായ
- palliative in Kannada
- ಉಪಶಾಮಕ, ತೀವ್ರತೆಯನ್ನು ಕಡಮೆ ಮಾಡುವ ವಸ್ತು
- palliative in Punjabi
- ਪੈਲੀਏਟਿਵ, ਉਪਸ਼ਾਮਕ, ਪੈਲੀਐਟਿਵ
- palliative in Gujarati
- ઉપશામક
- palliative in Odia
- ଉପଶାମକ
- palliative in Nepali
- उपशामक
- palliative in Arabic
- مُلَطِّف mulaṭṭif, مُخَفِّف muḵaffif, مُسَكِّن musakkin, تَلْطِيفِيّ talṭīfiyy
- palliative in Indonesian
- paliatif
Forms of palliative
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more palliative |
| superlative | most palliative |
| Noun | |
| plural | palliatives |
Origin of palliative
From Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliātīvus, from Medieval Latin palliō (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).
Words formed from palliative
Questions about palliative
- What does palliative mean?
- Palliative means serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
- What is palliative in Hindi?
- Palliative in Hindi is उपशामक. See Palliative meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is palliative?
- Palliative can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce palliative?
- Palliative is pronounced /ˈpælɪətɪv/ (UK).
Words near palliative in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: palliative (page history and authors); palliative (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palliative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); palliative (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palliative (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); palliative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); palliative (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); palliative (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); palliative (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palliative (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palliative (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); palliative (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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