Assuages [verb]
Definition of Assuages:
soothe, relieve
Synonyms of Assuages:
● Satisfy
● Mitigate
● Placate
● Appease
● Quench
● Lessen
● Soften
● Sate
● Alleviate
● Pacify
● Mollify
● Allay
● Temper
● Tranquilize
● Fill
● Surfeit
● Palliate
● Conciliate
● Ease
● Moderate
● Quiet
● Propitiate
● Compose
● Lighten
● Calm
● Still
● Cool
● Sweeten
● Lull
● Make nice
● Pour oil on
● Take the edge off
● Take the sting out
Opposite/Antonyms of Assuages:
● Trouble
● Provoke
● Agitate
● Irritate
● Aggravate
● Upset
● Exacerbate
● Excite
● Anger
● Deplete
● Worry
● Worsen
● Intensify
● Increase
● Incite
● Dissatisfy
Sentence/Example of Assuages:
And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it.
The water, to which were added a few drops of primus alcohol, helped to assuage our thirst.
Anything,—anything to assuage in him that sense of ineptitude, of being ignored, a titled nonentity!
A growing thirst for beauty has come upon the city, and architects are earnestly studying how to assuage it.
Home is the sphere of the deepest sorrows; the highest consolation of religion should assuage its griefs.
He knew the voice of birds, how fires to mitigate, assuage and quench; sorrows to allay.
But I knew nothing that might assuage it; and I told him once more that both of us should be leaving the office at once.
Grated turnips, mixed with horse-radish, for the table, will assuage one's grief for one's grandmother.
If she but knew with what honor I was received, would not the thought go far to assuage the grief our separation cost her?
It was as well I should think so, and it served to soften the grief and assuage the intensity of the sorrow the event caused me.