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assuage

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of assuage

1 to make more bearable or less severe

a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark

Synonyms of assuage

allay, alleviate, ease, help, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe

Words Related to assuage

abate, lighten, moderate, soften, temper

cure, heal, remedy

amend, correct, emend, fix, mend, rectify, reform, repair

ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine

Near Antonyms of assuage

harm, hurt, impair, injure

heighten, intensify, sharpen

Antonyms of assuage

aggravate, exacerbate

2 to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)

that huge meal certainly assuaged my hunger

Synonyms of assuage

quench, sate, satiate, satisfy, slake

Words Related to assuage

cater (to), gratify, humor, indulge

alleviate, lighten, relieve

cloy, saturate, surfeit

Near Antonyms of assuage

arouse, excite, pique, stimulate

tantalize, tease

3 to lessen the anger or agitation of

nothing would assuage the angry parent except the prompt dismissal of the teacher who had used corporal punishment without authorization

Synonyms of assuage

appease, conciliate, disarm, gentle, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate

Words Related to assuage

calm, comfort, console, content, hush, quiet, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)

endear (to), ingratiate

delight, gladden, gratify, please

adulate, blarney, flatter, overpraise, soft-soap

quench, sate, satiate, satisfy

cater (to), humor, indulge

blandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle

baby, coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil

dulcify, sweeten

Near Antonyms of assuage

aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, cross, exasperate, gall, get, grate, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pique, put out, rankle, rile, roil, ruffle, vex

harass, harry, persecute, pester

agitate, discomfort, distress, disturb, fret, perturb, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry

affront, insult, offend, slight

Antonyms of assuage

anger, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage

Synonym Discussion of assuage

relieve, alleviate, lighten, assuage, mitigate, allay mean to make something less grievous. relieve implies a lifting of enough of a burden to make it tolerable.

- took an aspirin to relieve the pain

alleviate implies temporary or partial lessening of pain or distress.

- the lotion alleviated the itching

lighten implies reducing a burdensome or depressing weight.

- good news would lighten our worries

assuage implies softening or sweetening what is harsh or disagreeable.

- ocean breezes assuaged the intense heat

mitigate suggests a moderating or countering of the effect of something violent or painful.

- the need to mitigate barbaric laws

allay implies an effective calming or soothing of fears or alarms.

- allayed their fears

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