Assuage

Word ASSUAGE
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Hyphenation as suage
Pronunciations /əˈsweɪdʒ/

Definitions and meanings of "Assuage"

What do we mean by assuage?

To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe: synonym: relieve. transitive verb

To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example). transitive verb

To appease or calm. transitive verb

To soften, in a figurative sense; allay; mitigate, ease, or lessen, as pain or grief; moderate; appease or pacify, as passion or tumult.

Synonyms Alleviate, Relieve, Mitigate, etc. (see alleviate); to appease, mollify, temper (see lists under alleviate and allay).

To abate or subside; grow less: as, “let thin hert assuage,” Gower; “the waters asswaged,”

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire. transitive verb

To abate or subside. intransitive verb

To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.). verb

To pacify or soothe (someone). verb

(obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate. verb

Satisfy (thirst) verb

Provide physical relief, as from pain verb

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of verb

To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).

To pacify or soothe (someone).

To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

To lessen, to dull, to decrease. Urban Dictionary

The God of advice giving. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Assuage

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The word "assuage" in example sentences

The move would be to "assuage" DT holders who are "disenchanted" with the performance of the German telco's stock, the Journal says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To assuage those concerns, we have looked hard to see if we have missed the real story. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

India is drafting new rules to assuage nuclear-power companies 'concerns about their potential liability for accidents, a move aimed at securing deals with U.S. nuclear suppliers ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama next month, a top Indian official said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nothing you do will assuage the misery of your lonely empty life. ❋ Unknown (2010)

From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Such a deal would assuage fears here that Washington has any intention of dismantling Pakistan 's nuclear program. ❋ Tom Wright (2010)

Despite a recent EU agreement to help assuage the euro-zone debt crisis, bond market participants fear it may flare again at any time. ❋ Min Zeng (2011)

The Obama administration later doubled those pledges and then, last December, promised to commit unlimited sums over the next three years, largely to assuage bondholders. ❋ Nick Timiraos (2010)

So I think people that are urging war crime trials ought to spend more time trying to assuage worries, e.g. that war crime trials would be seen as illegitimate, would provoke a nationalistic backlash, would start a civil war, or something along those lines, instead of just shouting “principals” and “the law ought to apply to the powerful just as much as the not-powerful” both of which I agree with. pseudonymous in nc Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

One this is certian: he can do nothing to assuage it …. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The federal government will legislate two-year minimum sentences for big-money frauds of more than $1-million, seeking to assuage an outcry over a series of Ponzi schemes and rip-offs that came to light as financial markets tanked. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Paris insisted right after the Fukushima accident that French plants were safe, but wanted inspections as a precautionary measure to assuage any fears in the French population. ❋ Geraldine Amiel (2011)

India is drafting new regulations to assuage nuclear-power companies 'concerns about their potential liability for accidents, a top Indian official said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sometimes numbers invoke or ask for favors; other times they assuage hurt feelings in the hope of preventing malign events. ❋ Stephen Hastings-king (2011)

And I don't see anywhere that our President thanked president nut-case in NKorea ... sending Bubba was enough to assuage the super-ego to do what he knew he'd have to do all along. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It wasn't up to NYC-style standards, but it did manage to assuage my cravings for matzah-ball soup and other goodies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Upcoming second-quarter results may do little to assuage such fears. ❋ David Reilly (2011)

Seeking to assuage fears that Argos could be losing ground to rivals, Mr. Duddy said the store had maintained its market share in consumer electronics and the slump in demand was industrywide. ❋ Kathy Gordon (2011)

[TJ] [Howard] pops pills to assuage the pain of knowing he has a [tiny penis]. ❋ Santas_On_A_Rampage (2005)

[Assuager], [I fucking love you]. [Have my babies]. ❋ Mr. Anson (2008)

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