assuage

Oxford American Dictionary
assuage
- IPA[əˈswāj]
美式
- v.
  
  make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense；satisfy (an appetite or desire)
- verb: assuage, 3rd person present: assuages, gerund or present participle: assuaging, past tense: assuaged, past participle: assuaged
- 釋義
v.
動詞
1. make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense the letter assuaged the fears of most members 同義詞 relieve, ease, alleviate, soothe, mitigate, ... 更多dampen, allay, calm, palliate, abate, lull, temper, suppress, smother, stifle, subdue, tranquillize, mollify, moderate, modify, tone down, attenuate, dilute, lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, lower, put an end to, put a stop to, take the edge off, informalkill, rarelenify反義詞 aggravate
▪ satisfy (an appetite or desire) an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge 同義詞 satisfy, fulfill, gratify, appease, indulge, ... 更多relieve, slake, sate, satiate, quench, quell, overcome, check, keep in check, dull, blunt, allay, take the edge off, diminish反義詞 intensify
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assuage
IPA[əˈsweɪdʒ]
英式
v.
make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense: the letter assuaged the fears of most members
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