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anodyne adjective [ ˈanədʌɪn ]

• not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull.
• "anodyne music"
Similar: bland, inoffensive, innocuous, neutral, unobjectionable, unexceptionable, unremarkable, commonplace, dull, tedious, run-of-the-mill,

anodyne noun

• a painkilling drug or medicine.
• "she had even refused anodynes"
Similar: painkiller, painkilling drug, analgesic, pain reliever, palliative,
Origin: mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek anōdunos ‘painless’, from an- ‘without’ + odunē ‘pain’.


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