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assuage    音标拼音: [əsw'edʒ]
vt. 缓和,减轻,镇定

缓和,减轻,镇定

assuage
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [synonym: {pacify},
{lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {mollify},
{placate}, {gentle}, {gruntle}]
2: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [synonym:
{quench}, {slake}, {allay}, {assuage}]
3: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will
relieve your headaches" [synonym: {relieve}, {alleviate},
{palliate}, {assuage}]

Assuage \As*suage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assuaged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Assuaging}.] [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier,
asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad suavis sweet. See
{Sweet}.]
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease,
or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as
passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.
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Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --Addison.
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To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --Burke.
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The fount at which the panting mind assuages
Her thirst of knowledge. --Byron.
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Syn: To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm;
tranquilize; relieve. See {Alleviate}.
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Assuage \As*suage"\, v. i.
To abate or subside. [Archaic] "The waters assuaged." --Gen.
vii. 1.
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The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to
assuage. --De Foe.
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92 Moby Thesaurus words for "assuage":
abate, adjust to, allay, alleviate, alter, anesthetize, appease,
attemper, bank the fire, benumb, blunt, box in, chasten,
circumscribe, condition, constrain, control, cushion, damp, dampen,
de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, diminish, downplay, dull,
ease, ease matters, extenuate, feast, feed, foment, give relief,
gratify, hedge, hedge about, keep within bounds, lay, leaven,
lenify, lessen, lighten, limit, lull, mitigate, moderate, modify,
modulate, mollify, narrow, numb, obtund, pad, palliate, play down,
poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, qualify, quench, reduce,
reduce the temperature, regale, regulate by, relieve, restrain,
restrict, salve, sate, satiate, satisfy, season, set conditions,
set limits, slacken, slake, slow down, smother, sober, sober down,
soften, soothe, stifle, stupe, subdue, suppress, tame, temper,
tone down, tune down, underplay, weaken


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  • ASSUAGE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of ASSUAGE is to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease How to use assuage in a sentence Assuage Stays Sweet Over Time Synonym Discussion of Assuage
  • ASSUAGE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Assuage definition: to make milder or less severe; alleviate; ease; mitigate See examples of ASSUAGE used in a sentence
  • ASSUAGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    What is the pronunciation of assuage? 緩和, 減輕, 平息… 缓和, 减轻, 平息… aliviar, mitigar, apaciguar… acalmar, amenizar, aliviar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! ASSUAGE definition: 1 to make unpleasant feelings less strong: 2 to make unpleasant feelings less strong: Learn more
  • Assuage - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    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
  • Assuage - definition of assuage by The Free Dictionary
    1 to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief 2 to appease; satisfy; allay: to assuage one's hunger 3 to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage one's fears as•suage′ment, n as•suag′er, n
  • ASSUAGE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly The announcement appeared designed to assuage concerns at home and abroad [VERB noun] She was just trying to assuage her guilt by playing the devoted mother [VERB noun] If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it
  • assuage verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
    Definition of assuage verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • assuage - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc ) I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone)
  • What does assuage mean? - Definitions. net
    Assuage is a verb that means to make an unpleasant feeling less intense, to alleviate, to relieve, to ease, or to soothe It can also mean to satisfy an appetite or desire as-swāj′, v t to soften, mitigate, or allay — v i to abate or subside: to diminish — n Assuage′ment, abatement: mitigation — adj Assuā′sive, softening, mild [O
  • Assuage Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
    ASSUAGE meaning: to make (something, such as an unpleasant feeling) less painful, severe, etc





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