Assuage

Definition: Assuage

Assuage

Verb

1. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify her angry boss".

2. Satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst".

3. Provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "assuage" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Assuage

Moderation

Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin.

Relief

Verb: relieve, ease, alleviate, mitigate, palliate, soothe; salve; soften, soften down; foment, stupe, poultice; assuage, allay.

Crosswords: Assuage

Books

• A Cordial Water: A Garland of Odd and Old Receipts to Assuage the Ills of Man and Beast (reference)

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Music

• Assuage (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

Spurred on by positive economic indicators and to assuage the desires of parents for more educational opportunities for their children, the Korean government permitted younger Koreans to study overseas. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

To assuage investor concerns over unexpected changes in the tax code, the Colombian Congress passed legislation in 1995 ("The Special Tax Stability Regime") authorizing the government to enter into corporate contracts that guarantee a fixed tax rate for up to ten years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

zbut (allay, amortise, amortize, appease, attenuate, break, calm, chasten, commute, daunt, disarm, ease, extenuate, malaxate, manage, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palatalize, palliate, propitiate, qualify, reclaim, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, tame, temper, tenderize, tone down), zbus (allay, amortise, amortize, attenuate, break, calm, calm down, domesticate, ease, macerate, propitiate, relax, soften), qetësoj (allay, appease, balsam, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize), lehtësoj (allay, alleviate, attenuate, calm, dull, enable, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, palliate, relax, release, relieve, shake, soften, solace, soothe). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هدأ (allay, appease, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), ‏نقع (drench, impregnate, impregnation, infuse, mashing, saturate, saturation, slake, soak, souse, steep, temper, wash, water), ‏لطف (affableness, allay, alleviate, amenity, amiability, appease, attemper, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, kindness, lighten, mildness, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, politeness, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, softness, soothe, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity), ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, attemper, calm, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, occupy, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, quieten, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant), ‏أزال (abstract, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, settle, slip, smooth, stave off, suppress, take away), ‏أشبع (appease, charge, drench, feed, flood, full, gratify, please, requite, sate, satiate, saturate, slake, soak, steep). (various references)

Bulgarian 

успокоявам (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize, unbend), уталожвам (quench, salve). (various references)

Czech

utišit (allay, appease, becalm, ease, hush, pacify, quiet down, quieten, relieve, rest, silence, sooth, stay, tranquillize), ukojit (quench, sate, satiate, satisfy, slake), uhasit (douse, extinguish, put down, quench, sate, satiate, satisfy, slake), mírnit (season). (various references)

Farsi 

تخفیف دادن (Abate, Alight, Bate, Discount, Extenuate, Lower, Mitigate, Relieve), ارام کردن (Acquiesce, Allay, Alleviate, Appease, Conciliate, Cool, Gentle, Lull, Pacify, Placate, Quiet, Silence, Smooth, Solace, Still). (various references)

French

assouvir, apaiser, calmer. (various references)

German

befriedigen (be satisfactory, gratify, meet, meet with, please, sate, satisfy, to assuage, to satisfy). (various references)

Greek 

καταπραΰνω (alleviate, ease, mitigate, placate, relieve, soothe). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשכך (abate, lull, mollify, pacify, quell, soothe, still, subside). (various references)

Hungarian

megnyugtat (becalm, calm down, disembarrass, gentle, quell, quiet, quiet down, reassure, still, to appease, to assuage, to calm sy down, to gentle, to hush, to lull, to quell, to quiet down, to reassure, to salve, to sedate, to sleek, to solace, to soothe, to still, to stroke down, to stroke sy down, to tranquillize, tranquilize, tranquillize), csillapít (attenuate, mitigate, palliate, salve, sate, soothe, to allay, to alleviate, to appease, to assuage, to attenuate, to deaden, to mitigate, to mollify, to salve, to sedate, to soothe). (various references)

Indonesian

meredakan (abate), mengakhiri (abolish, conclude, end, terminate), menenangkan (abate, allay, comfort, tranquillize). (various references)

Italian

mitigare (abate, allay, alleviate, attanuate, become mild, calm down, lessen, lighten, loosen, mince, mitigate, palliate, relax, relieve, soften, soothe), calmare (abate, allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, compose, cool, ease, hush, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, reassure, sober, soothe, still, to appease). (various references)

Manx

meein (bland, clement, fine, gentle, Halcyon days, pet, silky, smooth, soft, tame not wild; assuage pain; small ground, tame; assuage; small ground). (various references)

Pig Latin

assuageay

Portuguese

amenizar (ease, make pleasant, settle, soften), aliviar (allay, alleviate, blunt, comfort, console, disburden, ease, lighten, palliate, redress, relieve, salve, still, unburden), acalmar (allay, appease, becalm, calm down, cool, ease, hush, lay, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, resettle, salve, settle, simmer down, slow down, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), suavizar (allay, alleviate, attemper, ease, gentle, mitigate, palliate, salve, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, tone down, unload), satisfazer (appease, content, fill, gladden, gratify, indulge, measure up to, pay, please, pleasing, pleasure, satisfy, settle, slake, stay, suffice, suit, wreak), mitigar (alleviate, bate, blunt, lighten, mitigate, palliate, quench, relieve, salve, sate, slake, soften, soothe), diminuir (abridge, commute, cut down, dampen, decline, decrease, derogate, detract, diminish, dock, dwarf, dwindle, extenuate, fall, impair, lessen, lower, mince, minify, pass off, rebate, reduce, relax, retrench, shorten, shrink, sink, wear down, whittle). (various references)

Romanian

adormi (allay, alleviate, cheat, delude, die, drop asleep, drop off, fall asleep, go to sleep, hoodwink, knock out, lull, narcotize, rock, soften, soothe), potoli ura, ogoi (abate, allay, hush, pacify, soothe, subside), linişti (abate, appease, attemper, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth, smooth down, soothe, still), domoli (allay, appease, calm, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reassure, remit, soften, soothe). (various references)

Russian 

смягчать (attenuate, commute, damp, extenuate, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palatalize, palliate, relax, remit, soft pedal, soften, subdue, tone down). (various references)

Scottish

lughdaich (diminish, mitigate), ciùinich (appease, calm, pacify). (various references)

Spanish

aliviar (allay, alleviate, attanuate, beguile, comfort, deaden, dull, ease, help, lessen, lighten, reduce, relieve, soothe, unburden), satisfacer (answer, come up to, content, gratify, indulge, meet, please, provide, satisfy, settle, suffice), saciar (glut, Pall, sate, satiate, surfeit), disminuir (abate, attenuate, curtail, cut down, damp, decline, decrease, detract, diminish, drop, drop off, fall, fall away, fall off, lighten, like, lower, put down, reduce, relieve, subside, weaken), calmar (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, damp, dampen, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, settle, sober down, soothe, still). (various references)

Swedish

mildra (abate, allay, alleviate, cushion, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, relax, remit, salve, soften), lindra (abate, alleviate, appease, ease, mitigate, palliate, physic, relieve, salve, soothe). (various references)

Turkish

yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), hafifletmek (allay, alleviate, appease, attenuate, commute, deaden, de-escalate, ease, emasculate, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, moderate, modify, palliate, qualify, relieve, remit, soft pedal, subdue, water, weaken), dindirmek (abate, alleviate, attemper, ease, kill, quench, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, soothe, stop, suppress), bastırmak (allay, alleviate, appease, bear against, beat down, bottle up, Burke, choke, compress, crucify, depress, drown, extinguish, flow, gulp, gulp down, hold down, keep down, keep in, keep under, outtalk, overbear, overtake, pocket, push down, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, set in, settle, settle in, silence, smother, smother up, squash, squelch, stamp, stifle, strangle, subdue, submerge, suppress, swallow, throttle back, throttle down, weigh, weigh down, whelm, whip). (various references)

Ukrainian

угамовувати (appease, moderate, quench, slake, still), умиротворяти (calm, conciliate, pacificate, pacify), заспокоювати (appease, assure, becalm, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, satisfy, smooth, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), пом'якшувати (allay, alleviate, appease, attenuate, dulcify, expurgate, gentle, milden, mitigate, modify, mollify, palatalize, rebate, remit, smooth, smooth over, soft pedal, soften, soothe, tone down). (various references)

Welsh

llonyddu (appease, becalm, calm, quiet, still), lliniaru (allay, ease, soothe), lleddfu (allay, flatten, soften, soothe), dofi (appease, domesticate, tame). (various references)

ad-, lenieris, lenietur, lenior, lenirent, lenis, medebitur, mederer, medetur, medorum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "assuage": assuaged, assuagement, assuagements, assuages. (additional references)

Words containing "assuage": unassuageable, unassuaged. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Assuage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asage, asagi, asauge, Asiago, assage, assauge, Asseyake, Assface, assuge, assuie, asuage, aussage, essage, essuage, Kasuga, saluage, sasage, sauage. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sausage.

-1 letter: usages.

-2 letters: agues, gases, gauss, guess, sagas, sages, usage.

-3 letters: agas, ages, ague, asea, gaes, saga, sage, sags, seas, segs, sues, uses.

-4 letters: aas, aga, age, ass, eau, ess, gae, gas, sae, sag, sau, sea, seg, sue, use.

-5 letters: aa, ae, ag, as, es, us.

+1 letter: assuaged, assuages, guanases, sausages.

+3 letters: coagulases, pasturages, safeguards, slanguages, sugarcanes, unassuaged.

+4 letters: assuagement, gastrulates, gradualness, sialagogues, submanagers, sugarloaves.

+5 letters: agapanthuses, assuagements, glutaminases, strangulates, sublanguages.