ALL meanings of assuage
as·suage
A a - verb assuage If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly. 3
- verb assuage If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it. 3
- verb assuage to soothe, moderate, or relieve (grief, pain, etc) 3
- verb assuage to give relief to (thirst, appetite, etc); satisfy 3
- verb assuage to pacify; calm 3
- verb transitive assuage to lessen (pain, distress, etc.); allay 3
- verb transitive assuage to calm (passion, anger, etc.); pacify 3
- verb transitive assuage to satisfy or slake (thirst, appetite, etc.) 3
- verb with object assuage to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain. 1
- verb with object assuage to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger. 1
- verb with object assuage to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger. 1
- transitive verb assuage calm, allay: fear 1
- transitive verb assuage satisfy: hunger, etc. 1
- transitive verb assuage ease: pain 1
- noun assuage Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense. 1
- verb assuage (Transitive Verb) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.). 0
- verb assuage (Transitive Verb) To pacify or soothe (someone). 0
- verb assuage (Intransitive Verb) OBS To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate. 0