assuaged

[ uh-sweyjd, uh-sweyzhd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

made milder or less severe; eased:
She thought with assuaged grief of her father's tragic death, and how he would have loved to see her now, about to be married.
(of hunger, thirst, etc.) satisfied or relieved:
That’s how it is with desire—it flares up again once the briefly assuaged appetite returns.
soothed, calmed, or mollified:
Volunteering at the clinic gives me an opportunity for social interaction as well as an assuaged conscience because I’m helping out with an important issue.

At least with a physical or mental ailment some guilt can be assuaged.

Will the twenty percenters be assuaged if Hillary accepts the job of Secretary of State?

His plump strong hands gripped the arms of his chair, and his frown was a little assuaged.

The grief of Antonina could only be assuaged by the sufferings of her son.

Having assuaged her thirst for revenge, Cratesipolis entered Sicyon in triumph, and assumed the government.

It was a hunger and thirst that the cold meat and bread in his knapsack and snow water would not have assuaged.

It was the craving in her for romance Janet assuaged; Eda's was the love content to pour out, that demands little.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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