| 单词 | assuage |
| 释义 | assuage (once / 2941 pages) v 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. The most common things that we assuage are fears, concerns, guilt, grief, anxiety, and anger. That makes a lot of sense — these are all things we seek relief from. The word comes from Old French assouagier, from the Latin root suavis, "sweet" — think of adding a bit of honey to something unpleasant. A word with a similar meaning is mollify. WORD FAMILYassuage: assuaged, assuagement, assuages, assuaging+/assuagement: assuagements USAGE EXAMPLESA surplus of points did nothing to assuage angst about the playoff, then the playoff results only confirmed the prior nerves. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) She would stay up past midnight fielding their requests and, future permitting, assuaging their concerns. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) In the upcoming confirmation hearing, he’s likely to try to highlight his concern for civil rights to assuage concerns of his Democratic colleagues. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1v provide physical relief, as from pain Syn|Hypo|Hyper alleviate, palliate, relieve soothe cause to feel better comfort, easelessen pain or discomfort; alleviate ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 2v satisfy (thirst) Syn|Hyper allay, quench, slake fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy fill or meet a want or need 3v cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of Syn|Hyper appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize make calm or still |
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