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Learn to pronounce 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). , as·suaged, as·suag·ing. to make milder or less severe; alleviate; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief;. to assuage one's pain.
Meaning of assuage in English ... 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.
adjective · made milder or less severe; eased: She thought with assuaged grief of her father's tragic death, and how he would have loved to see her now, about ...
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.
Aug 28, 2024 · Meaning of assuaged in English ... to make unpleasant feelings less strong: The government has tried to assuage the public's 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 ...
assuage something to make an unpleasant feeling less severe. His reply did little to assuage my suspicions. to assuage your guilt/fears.