assuage 音标拼音: [əsw'edʒ]
vt . 缓和,减轻,镇定
缓和,减轻,镇定
assuage v 1 :
cause to be more favorably inclined ;
gain the good will of ;
"
She managed to mollify the angry customer " [
synonym : {
pacify },
{
lenify }, {
conciliate }, {
assuage }, {
appease }, {
mollify },
{
placate }, {
gentle }, {
gruntle }]
2 :
satisfy (
thirst ); "
The cold water quenched his thirst " [
synonym :
{
quench }, {
slake }, {
allay }, {
assuage }]
3 :
provide physical relief ,
as from pain ; "
This pill will relieve your headaches " [
synonym : {
relieve }, {
alleviate },
{
palliate }, {
assuage }]
Assuage \
As *
suage "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Assuaged };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Assuaging }.] [
OE .
asuagen ,
aswagen ,
OF .
asoagier ,
asuagier ,
fr .
assouagier ,
fr .
L .
ad suavis sweet .
See {
Sweet }.]
To soften ,
in a figurative sense ;
to allay ,
mitigate ,
ease ,
or lessen ,
as heat ,
pain ,
or grief ;
to appease or pacify ,
as passion or tumult ;
to satisfy ,
as appetite or desire .
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1913 Webster ]
Refreshing winds the summer '
s heat assuage . --
Addison .
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To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --
Burke .
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The fount at which the panting mind assuages Her thirst of knowledge . --
Byron .
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Syn :
To alleviate ;
mitigate ;
appease ;
soothe ;
calm ;
tranquilize ;
relieve .
See {
Alleviate }.
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1913 Webster ]
Assuage \
As *
suage "\,
v .
i .
To abate or subside . [
Archaic ] "
The waters assuaged ." --
Gen .
vii .
1 .
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1913 Webster ]
The plague being come to a crisis ,
its fury began to assuage . --
De Foe .
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1913 Webster ]
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "
assuage ":
abate ,
adjust to ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
alter ,
anesthetize ,
appease ,
attemper ,
bank the fire ,
benumb ,
blunt ,
box in ,
chasten ,
circumscribe ,
condition ,
constrain ,
control ,
cushion ,
damp ,
dampen ,
de -
emphasize ,
deaden ,
deaden the pain ,
diminish ,
downplay ,
dull ,
ease ,
ease matters ,
extenuate ,
feast ,
feed ,
foment ,
give relief ,
gratify ,
hedge ,
hedge about ,
keep within bounds ,
lay ,
leaven ,
lenify ,
lessen ,
lighten ,
limit ,
lull ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modify ,
modulate ,
mollify ,
narrow ,
numb ,
obtund ,
pad ,
palliate ,
play down ,
poultice ,
pour balm into ,
pour oil on ,
qualify ,
quench ,
reduce ,
reduce the temperature ,
regale ,
regulate by ,
relieve ,
restrain ,
restrict ,
salve ,
sate ,
satiate ,
satisfy ,
season ,
set conditions ,
set limits ,
slacken ,
slake ,
slow down ,
smother ,
sober ,
sober down ,
soften ,
soothe ,
stifle ,
stupe ,
subdue ,
suppress ,
tame ,
temper ,
tone down ,
tune down ,
underplay ,
weaken
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