assuage
Verb
Verb Forms: assuaged, assuaging, assuages
- To make an unpleasant feeling less intense.
- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- satisfy (thirst)
- provide physical relief, as from pain
- 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.
Examples
- Nothing could assuage the pain of seeing him play a bingo with the Z I needed.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“I sweeten, I butter up, I calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.
Synonyms
allay, alleviate, appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, relieve, slake
Scrabble Score: 8
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assuage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary