as·suage
as·suage/əˈswāj/
verb
make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
"the letter assuaged the fears of most members"
synonyms: relieve, ease, alleviate, soothe, mitigate, dampen, allay, calm, palliate, abate, lull, temper, suppress, smother, stifle, subdue, tranquillize, mollify, moderate, modify, tone down, attenuate, dilute, lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, lower, put an end to, put a stop to, take the edge off, kill, lenify
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1. to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease unable to assuage their grief 2. pacify, quiet vainly strove to assuage an implacable ...
verb (used with object) · to make milder or less severe; alleviate; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief;. to assuage one's pain. Synonyms: relieve, lessen, ...
to make unpleasant feelings less strong: The government has tried to assuage the public's fears.
If you assuage an unpleasant feeling, you make it go away. Assuaging your hunger by eating a bag of marshmallows may cause you other unpleasant feelings.
1. to lessen (pain, distress, etc.); allay 2. to calm (passion, anger, etc.); pacify 3. to satisfy or slake (thirst, appetite, etc.)
to make (something, such as an unpleasant feeling) less painful, severe, etc. The company tried to assuage [=soothe, calm, ease] investors' fears.
verb. ə-ˈswāj. Definition of assuage. as in to alleviate. to make more bearable or less severe a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the ...
Verb · (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
to make an unpleasant feeling less severe; His reply did little to assuage my suspicions. to assuage your guilt/fears.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun assuage. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is now obsolete.