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Definition: Assuasive |
AssuasiveAdjective1. Freeing from fear and anxiety. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "assuasive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Etymology: Assuasive \As*sua"sive\, adjective. [From assuage, as if this were from supposed Latin assuadere to persuade to; or from English prefix ad -suasive as in persuasive.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AssuasiveSynonyms: calming (adj), pacifying (adj), soothing (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Relief | Adjective: relieving; Verb: consolatory, soothing; assuaging, assuasive; balmy, balsamic; lenitive, palliative; anodyne; (remedial); curative. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Assuasive |
| English words defined with "assuasive": Leniment. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "assuasive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهدئ (anodyne, calmative, calming, sedative, soother, soothing), مسكن (abode, anodyne, apartment, demulcent, easing, habitation, home, house, lenitive, lodging, palliative, quarters, relieving, residence, sedative, soothing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατευναστικόσ (mitigatory, nervine, placatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | assuasiveay sedativ (depressant, sedative, tranquillizer), liniştitor (balmy, calming, composing, easeful, reassuring, restful, restfully, softening, soothing), calmant (anodyne, balmy, calmative, calming, pain killer, sedative, tranquillizer). (various references) успокаивающий (anodyne, balmy, calming, composing, demulcent, lenitive, sedative, soothing). (various references) заспокійливий (balsamic, calmative, comfortable, composing, conciliative, conciliatory, demulcent, easeful, lenitive, nepenthean, obtundent, pacificatory, placatory, propitiatory, reposeful, restful, sedative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Assuasive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ascensive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "assuasive" (pronounced 'As*sua"sive'): Aborsive, Abrasive, Abusive, Accessive, Adhesive, Admissive, Aggressive, Allusive, Amusive, Animadversive, Anticonvulsive, Appeasive, Applausive, Apprehensive, Appulsive, Ascensive, Coextensive, Cohesive, Collisive, Collusive, Commissive, Comprehensive, Compulsive, Concessive, Conclusive, Concussive, Confusive, Congressive, Conversive, Convulsive, Corrasive, Corresponsive, Decursive, Delusive, illusive, impassive, incisive, inclusive, incomprehensive, inconclusive, incursive, indecisive, inexpensive, inoffensive, intrusive, invasive, Nonsubmissive, Obtrusive, Occasive, Omissive. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-s-s-s-u-v" | |
-2 letters: suasive. | |
-3 letters: assais, issues. | |
-4 letters: assai, asses, issue, saves, sises, suave, uveas, vases, visas, vises. | |
-5 letters: asea, aves, sass, save, seas, seis, sues, suss, uses, uvea, vasa, vase, vaus, vies, visa, vise. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-s-s-s-u-v" | |
+5 letters: assaultiveness, avariciousness. | |
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