cured 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of curednext
as in well

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cured

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verb

past tense of cure
1
as in healed
to bring about recovery from do you have anything that will cure my headache?

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2
as in rehabilitated
to restore to a healthy condition the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cured
  1. well
  2. healed
  3. healthful
  4. healthy
  5. alleviated
  6. whole
  7. relieved
  8. recovering
Adjective
  • Crockpots are still made well, as are, in my experience anyway, the more modernized version: Instant Pots.
    — Parker Hall, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2025
  • The witch’s magic is still MIA, but her attitude is well and truly back.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of well
Verb
  • Before the game, both attempted to play down the past, insisting that their relationship had been healed.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Those wounds never healed and became infected, another common complication of diabetes.
    — Aaron Bolton, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of healed
Adjective
  • Focus on your diet and exercise routine: Eating a healthful, balanced diet and regularly exercising can help support your eye and overall health.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Then, with the Heat moving toward a more healthful menu, with a full-time nutritionist now in place, the cookies were gone.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of healthful
Adjective
  • Justice for healthy relationships being the most romantic!
    — Esther Kang, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Vulnerability is absolutely essential to healthy working relationships.
    — Joe Altieri, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of healthy
Verb
  • Downside momentum has alleviated from an intermediate-term perspective, evident in the weekly MACD histogram.
    — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The Kings haven’t exactly alleviated Kopitar of shutdown minutes duty, making this offensive explosion all the more impressive.
    — Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of alleviated
Adjective
  • The vastness of framed white space and the comparatively minuscule labels arrest the viewer, requiring them to crane their neck, to move back and forth or close to the frame in order to read from part to part to whole while also weighing the blanks.
    — Mara Mills, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Most importantly, the proposal provides that, when discovery items are turned over belatedly, judges can impose consequences that stop short of dismissing the whole case, if a lesser remedy can ensure fairness to the defendant.
    — Jane Manning, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of whole
Verb
  • Surely, Johnson had to be relieved to be traded by the lowly Carolina Panthers to a team that is a legitimate Super Bowl contender.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Of the nearly 5 million borrowers who have had more than $180 billion in debt relieved by the administration, more than 1 million were through the PSLF.
    — Molly Nagle, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of relieved
Adjective
  • Plus, its 3-hour battery life means less charging, and more recovering.
    — Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2023
  • She was taken to a hospital with punctures and lacerations and is stable and recovering.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
Definition of recovering
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