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All assuage synonyms

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verb assuage

  • soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
  • satisfy — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
  • mitigate — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
  • placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
  • appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
  • quench — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
  • lessen — to become less.
  • soften — to make soft or softer.
  • sate — to cause to sit; seat (often followed by down): Sit yourself down. He sat me near him.
  • alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
  • pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
  • mollify — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
  • allay — If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.
  • temper — a particular state of mind or feelings.
  • tranquilize — calm sb with drugs
  • fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
  • surfeit — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
  • palliate — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
  • conciliate — If you conciliate someone, you try to end a disagreement with them.
  • ease — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
  • moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
  • quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
  • propitiate — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
  • compose — The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
  • lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
  • calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
  • still — remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.
  • cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
  • sweeten — to make sweet, as by adding sugar.
  • lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
  • relieve — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
  • tranquillize — To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug.
  • make nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
  • take the edge off — If something takes the edge off a situation, usually an unpleasant one, it weakens its effect or intensity.
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