Relieved
Relieved adjective - (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear.
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Synonyms for Relieved
Speak and relieved are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Speak" instead a verb "Relieved".
Nearby Word: relieving
Both words in one sentence
- Raj's inability to speak to women except when drunk was initially just ultra-shyness, which the alcohol relieved.
Source: Flanderization / Live-Action TV -
Pudding Head greets them with some amusingly bad Shakespearean English... then she's relieved to discover that DT and SS don't speak like that.Forsooth!
- A common subversion nevertheless is that the person being subjected to the silent treatment is relieved that they no longer have to hear the other person speak.
Source: Silent Treatment
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