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assuage /əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ/

verb (used with object) assuaged, assuaging.

  1. to make milder or less sever; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one’s grief; to assuage one’s pain.
  2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one’s hunger.
  3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.

Origin of assuage

Middle English, Old French 1250-1300

Related forms: assuagement, noun; assuager, noun

Synonyms

  1. alleviate, lessen.

Antonyms

  1. intensify.

Source: Dictionary.com

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2 Comments

  1. Nia

    To assuage my mom’s worries, I visited my brother in Tangerang last week.

  2. Amy Estrada

    Perfect sentence Nia!

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