unassuaged
verb (used with object), as·suaged, as·suag·ing.
1.
to make milder or less severe; 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:
1250–1300; Middle English aswagen < Old French asouagier < Vulgar Latin *assuāviāre, equivalent to Latin as- as- + -suāviāre, verbal derivative of Latin suāvis agreeable to the taste, pleasant (cf. suave; akin to sweet)
1250–1300; Middle English aswagen < Old French asouagier < Vulgar Latin *assuāviāre, equivalent to Latin as- as- + -suāviāre, verbal derivative of Latin suāvis agreeable to the taste, pleasant (cf. suave; akin to sweet)
Related forms
as·suage·ment, noun
as·suag·er, noun
un·as·suaged, adjective
un·as·suag·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. alleviate, lessen.
1. alleviate, lessen.
Antonyms
intensify.
intensify.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to soothe, moderate, or relieve (grief, pain, etc) |
| 2. | to give relief to (thirst, appetite, etc); satisfy |
| 3. | to pacify; calm |
| [C14: from Old French assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuāviāre (unattested) to sweeten, from Latin suāvis pleasant; see | |
| as'suagement | |
| —n | |
| as'suager | |
| —n | |
| assuasive | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
assuage
c.1300, from O.Fr. assouagier "alleviate, calm, soothe, pacify," from V.L. *adsuaviare, from L. ad- "to" + suavis "sweet, agreeable" (see sweet).
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