anodyne

 
Pronunciation: /ˈanədʌɪn/

adjective

  • not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull: anodyne music

noun

  • a painkilling drug or medicine: she had even refused anodynes figurative an anodyne to the misery she had put him through

Origin:

mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek anōdunos 'painless', from an- 'without' + odunē 'pain'