assuage Definition
- 1to make an unpleasant feeling less intense or severe
- 2to satisfy a desire or need
Using assuage: Examples
Take a moment to familiarize yourself with how "assuage" can be used in various situations through the following examples!
Example
The medicine helped to assuage her pain.
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He tried to assuage his guilt by apologizing.
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She offered him some food to assuage his hunger.
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The company donated money to assuage public concerns about their environmental impact.
assuage Synonyms and Antonyms
Phrases with assuage
Example
The doctor tried to assuage her fears about the surgery.
assuage one's thirst
to quench one's thirst or satisfy one's desire for something
Example
He drank a glass of water to assuage his thirst.
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She apologized to assuage his anger.
Origins of assuage
from Old French 'assouagier', from Vulgar Latin 'adsuaviare', from Latin 'suavis' meaning 'sweet'
Summary: assuage in Brief
'Assuage' [əˈsweɪdʒ] means to make an unpleasant feeling less intense or severe, or to satisfy a desire or need. It is often used in contexts like 'The medicine helped to assuage her pain.' and 'She offered him some food to assuage his hunger.' Phrases like 'assuage one's fears' and 'assuage one's anger' use 'assuage' to denote calming or pacifying emotions.
