assuage

/ə'sweidʤ/
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assuage

This pill will assuage your headache.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To make (something unpleasant) less intense or severe: To reduce the strength, pain, or discomfort of something.
    • To satisfy or appease (a need or desire): To fulfill a requirement, such as thirst or hunger, thereby calming the feeling.
    • To pacify or calm (a person or their feelings): To make someone feel less angry, upset, or hostile.
Usage and Examples
  • To lessen intensity:
    • The medicine helped to assuage the pain in her joints.
    • His apology did little to assuage her feelings of betrayal.
  • To satisfy a need:
    • Nothing could assuage his thirst after the long hike in the desert.
    • The company tried to assuage public demand for information by releasing a statement.
  • To pacify or calm:
    • The manager attempted to assuage the frustrated customer with a full refund.
    • She spoke softly to assuage the child's fears.
Advanced Usage
  • "to assuage one's conscience/guilt": To take action to make oneself feel less guilty.
    • He made a large donation to charity to assuage his conscience.
  • "to assuage concerns/fears": To take steps to reduce worry or anxiety.
    • The new safety protocols were introduced to assuage public fears about the facility.
Variants and Related Words
  • Assuagement (noun): The action of assuaging; relief.
    • The assuagement of her grief came slowly over time.
  • Assuasive (adjective): Having the quality of soothing or calming.
    • His voice had an assuasive tone that helped calm the crowd.
Synonyms
  • Alleviate: To make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
  • Mitigate: To make less severe, serious, or painful.
  • Mollify: To appease the anger or anxiety of (someone).
  • Pacify: To quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
  • Quench: To satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking.
  • Satiate: To satisfy (a desire or an appetite) fully.
Antonyms
  • Aggravate: To make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious.
  • Exacerbate: To make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
  • Provoke: To stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one).
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • "To assuage the pangs of...": To relieve the sharp feelings of something, like hunger or remorse.
    • He ate a small snack to assuage the pangs of hunger before dinner.
  • "To assuage sorrow/grief": To provide comfort that lessens deep sadness.
    • The kind words from her friends helped to assuage her grief.
assuage

This pill will assuage your headache.

Verb
  1. provide physical relief, as from pain
    • This pill will relieve your headaches
  2. satisfy (thirst)
    • The cold water quenched his thirst
  3. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
    • She managed to mollify the angry customer

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