Antonyms for balm
bɑmbalm

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. balmnoun

   Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.

   Synonyms:
   balsam

2. balmnoun

   A plant or tree yielding such substance.

   Synonyms:
   balsam

3. balmnoun

   Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.

   There is a balm in Gilead.... (Spiritual)

   Synonyms:
   balsam

4. balmnoun

   Something soothing.

   Synonyms:
   balsam

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1. • Balsam
   • Medicine
   • Remedy

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. balmnoun

   any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing

   Synonyms:
   unguent, unction, salve, ointment

2. ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salvenoun

   semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

   Synonyms:
   smarm, unction, cream, salve, ointment, emollient, unctuousness, oleaginousness, unguent, smarminess, oiliness, inunction, fulsomeness

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1. balmnoun

   Synonyms:
   unguent, ointment, mitigant, anodyne, assuager, nepenthe, balsam

How to use balm in a sentence?

1. Janelle Kidman:

   We were able to take her into the gallery after hours and show her the Matisse exhibit, which coming from a mother who's raised me in the arts, it was soothing balm, matisse was soothing balm last night.

2. James Henry Leigh Hunt:

   Night's deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm; the comfort of mankind.

3. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   With forgiveness, we find release, A soothing balm that grants us peace, For in its grace, we learn to let go, Embracing healing's gentle flow.

4. Anne Chapas:

   Waxes and other types of sealants repair the lips by sealing in moisture and helps prevent evaporation of water from our lips, you want to use your lip balm regularly, a couple times a day, and look for ones that have SPF 30. Remember, sun damage occurs on the lips as well as the rest of our body- all year round.

5. Jane Austen:

   Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

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