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Definitions for Assuage

[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.
[4] to soothe, moderate, or relieve (grief, pain, etc)
[5] to give relief to (thirst, appetite, etc); satisfy
[6] to pacify; calm

Words related to Assuage

satisfy, mitigate, placate, appease, quench, lessen, soften, sate, alleviate, pacify, mollify, allay, temper, tranquilize, fill, surfeit, palliate, conciliate, ease, moderate

Words nearby Assuage

assorted, assortment, assr, asst, asst., assuage, assuan, assuasive, assuerus, assumable, assume

Origin of Assuage

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)

Other words from Assuage

as·suage·ment , noun
as·suag·er , noun
un·as·suaged , adjective
un·as·suag·ing , adjective

Word origin for Assuage

C14: from Old French assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuāviāre (unattested) to sweeten, from Latin suāvis pleasant; see suave

Synonyms for Assuage

allay, alleviate, appease, lessen, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, quench, sate, satisfy, soften, temper, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, fill, lighten, lull, moderate, palliate, propitiate, quiet, still, surfeit, sweeten, tranquilize, make nice, pour oil on, take the edge off, take the sting out