To assuage something painful or distressing, such as fear, guilt, or grief, is to lessen its intensity the way, say, saccharine grape flavoring helps mask some of the bitterness of cough syrup.

ASSUAGE definition: to make milder or less severe; alleviate; ease; mitigate. See examples of assuage used in a sentence.

If you assuage an unpleasant feeling, you make it go away. Assuaging your hunger by eating a bag of marshmallows may cause you other unpleasant feelings.

Calming and relaxing (Definition of assuage from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.

assuage something to make an unpleasant feeling less severe. His reply did little to assuage my suspicions. Definition of assuage verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, …

ASSUAGE meaning: to make (something, such as an unpleasant feeling) less painful, severe, etc.

as•suage (əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ) v.t. -suaged, -suag•ing. 1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief. 2. to appease; satisfy; allay: to assuage one's hunger. 3. to soothe, …

Oct 6, 2025 · "Assuage" is a powerful verb that means to calm, satisfy, or make less intense—especially emotional or abstract feelings. Knowing how to use it properly enriches your …

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