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Definitions for Unrelieved

[1] to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
[2] to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc.
[3] to free from need, poverty, etc.
[4] to bring effective aid to (a besieged town, military position, etc.).
[5] to ease (a person) of any burden, wrong, or oppression, as by legal means.
[6] to reduce (a pressure, load, weight, etc., on a device or object under stress): to relieve the steam pressure; to relieve the stress on the supporting walls.
[7] to make less tedious, unpleasant, or monotonous; break or vary the sameness of: curtains to relieve the drabness of the room.
[8] to bring into relief or prominence; heighten the effect of.
[9] to release (one on duty) by coming as or providing a substitute or replacement.
[10] Machinery . to free (a closed space, as a tank, boiler, etc.) of more than a desirable pressure or vacuum. to reduce (the pressure or vacuum in such a space) to a desirable level.
[11] Baseball . to replace (a pitcher).
[12] Baseball . to act as a relief pitcher: He relieved in 52 games for the Pirates last season.
[13] to relieve oneself , to urinate or defecate.
[14] to bring alleviation of (pain, distress, etc) to (someone)
[15] to bring aid or assistance to (someone in need, a disaster area, etc)
[16] to take over the duties or watch of (someone)
[17] to bring aid or a relieving force to (a besieged town, city, etc)
[18] to free (someone) from an obligation
[19] to make (something) less unpleasant, arduous, or monotonous
[20] to bring into relief or prominence, as by contrast
[21] (foll by of) informal to take from the thief relieved him of his watch
[22] relieve oneself to urinate or defecate

Words related to Unrelieved

relieveabsolute, all-out, arrant, blasted, blessed, blooming, complete, confounded, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, entire, flat, flat-out, infernal, out-and-out, outright, perfect

Words nearby Unrelieved

relieverelief map, relief pitcher, relief valve, reliefer, relier, relieve, relieve oneself, relieve someone of, relieved, reliever, relieving arch

Origin of Unrelieved

relieve1300–50; Middle English releven < Middle French relever to raise < Latin relevāre to reduce the load of, lighten, equivalent to re- re- + levāre to raise, derivative of levis light in weight

Other words from Unrelieved

re·liev·a·ble , adjective
re·liev·ed·ly [ri-lee -vid-lee] /rɪˈli vɪd li/ , adverb
non·re·liev·ing , adjective
qua·si-re·lieved , adjective
un·re·liev·a·ble , adjective
un·re·lieved , adjective
un·re·liev·ed·ly , adverb
un·re·liev·ing , adjective
re•liev′ a•ble adj.

Word origin for Unrelieved

relieveC14: from Old French relever , from Latin relevāre to lift up, relieve, from re- + levāre to lighten

Synonyms for Unrelieved

absolute, all-fired, all-out, arrant, blasted, blessed, blooming, complete, confounded, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, entire, flat, flat-out, infernal, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, stark, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved