释义
[ uh -sweyj , uh -sweyzh ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), as·suaged, as·suag·ing. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger.
to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.
Origin of assuage 1250–1300; Middle English
aswagen <Old French
asouagier <Vulgar Latin
*assuāviāre, equivalent to Latin
as- as- +
-suāviāre, verbal derivative of Latin
suāvis agreeable to the taste, pleasant (cf. suave; akin to sweet)
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ANTONYMS FOR assuage intensify.
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OTHER WORDS FROM assuage as·suage·ment, noun as·suag·er, noun un·as·suaged, adjective un·as·suag·ing, adjective Words nearby assuage assortative mating, assorted, assortment, ASSR, asst., assuage , Assuan, assuasive, as such, assumable, assume
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Example sentences from the Web for assuage Needless to say, scheduling major events on the Jewish High Holidays does nothing to assuage those concerns.
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Nursing helped to assuage injuries, fatigue, crankiness, and even sickness.
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There is also the related question of how far he might go to assuage them.
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Then the bitterness of death is past; God have mercy on them, and assuage their anguish; they want His help more than I do.
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It cannot be gainsaid, it cannot be altered, time itself cannot assuage its rigors.
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The last week in September, the plague being come to its crisis, its fury began to assuage .
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In fine, the drinks will have contributed to assuage the violence of the fever.
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To assuage the grief of the sorrowing mother Hades agreed to give her back to Earth for half the year.
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British Dictionary definitions for assuage verb (tr) to soothe, moderate, or relieve (grief, pain, etc)
to give relief to (thirst, appetite, etc); satisfy
to pacify; calm
Derived forms of assuage assuagement , noun assuager , noun assuasive (əˈsweɪsɪv ), adjective Word Origin for assuage C14: from Old French assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuāviāre (unattested) to sweeten, from Latin suāvis pleasant; see suave
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Words related to assuage satisfy, mitigate, placate, appease, quench, lessen, soften, sate, alleviate, pacify, mollify, allay, temper, tranquilize, fill, surfeit, palliate, conciliate, ease, moderate