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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | medicinal |
| Synonyms: | antidotal, corrective, curative, healthful, recuperative, remedial, therapeutic |
| Main Entry: | balm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something soothing |
| Synonyms: | alleviation, anodyne, assuagement, comfort, consolation, curative, cure, easement, mitigation, palliative, refreshment, relief, remedy, restorative, solace, soother |
| Main Entry: | bracing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brisk; exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | animating, chilly, cool, crisp, energizing, exhilarative, fortifying, fresh, invigorating, lively, quickening, refreshing, restorative, reviving, rousing, stimulating, stimulative, tonic, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | debilitating, exhausting, tiring |
| Main Entry: | corrective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healing, curing |
| Synonyms: | antidotal, counteracting, curative, disciplinary, palliative, penal, punitive, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedial, restorative, therapeutic |
| Antonyms: | harmful, hurtful, hurting, injurious, paining |
| Main Entry: | cosmetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautifying; relating to appearance |
| Synonyms: | corrective, gooky, improving, makeup, nonessential, painted, remedial, restorative, superficial, surface, touching-up |
| Antonyms: | disfiguring |
| Main Entry: | curative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healing, health-giving |
| Synonyms: | alleviative, beneficial, corrective, curing, healthful, helpful, invigorating, medicable, medicative, medicinal, pick-me-up, remedial, remedying, restorative, salutary, sanative, shot in the arm, therapeutic, tonic, vulnerary, what the doctor ordered, wholesome |
| Antonyms: | harmful, hurting, injurious, painful |
| Main Entry: | entertaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, pleasing |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, be a ball, captivating, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, recreative, relaxing, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, side-splitting, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unamusing, unfunny, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing, nice |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, agreeable, comforting, congenial, consoling, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, favorable, good, gratifying, pleasant, pleasurable, pleasureful, refreshing, rejuvenating, renewing, restful, restorative, restoring, satisfactory, satisfying, solacing, welcome |
| Notes: | grateful means feeling or showing gratitude or feeling thankful; gratified means having received what was desired; gratuitous means costing nothing or free - unnecessary or unwarranted - without cause |
| Antonyms: | abusive, mean, rude, ungrateful |
| Main Entry: | healthful/healthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good for one's wellness |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, aiding, aseptic, beneficial, benign, body-building, bracing, cathartic, clean, compensatory, conducive, corrective, desirable, disease-free, energy-giving, fresh, harmless, healing, health-giving, helpful, hygienic, innocuous, invigorating, mitigative, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, profitable, pure, restorative, salubrious, salutary, sanatory, sanitary, stimulating, sustaining, tonic, unadulterated, unpolluted, untainted, useful, wholesome |
| Antonyms: | bad, corrupt, diseased, noxious, rotten, sickening, unhealthful, unhealthy |
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