assuage

assuage [uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for assuage on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object), as·suaged, as·suag·ing.

1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one’s grief; to assuage one’s pain.
2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one’s hunger.
3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.

Origin of assuage 1250–1300; Middle English aswagen Old French asouagier Vulgar Latin *assuāviāre, equivalent to Latin as- as- + -suāviāre, verbal derivative of Latin suāvis agreeable to the taste, pleasant (cf. suave; akin to sweet)Related formsas·suage·ment, nounas·suag·er, nounun·as·suaged, adjectiveun·as·suag·ing, adjectiveSynonyms for assuage See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com 1. alleviate, lessen.Antonyms for assuage intensify. Related Words for unassuaged complaining, displeased, disappointed, bothered, offended, jaundiced, disaffected, grumbling, frustrated, annoyed, disgruntled, sniveling, vexed, begrudging, grudging, griping, irked, fretting, crabby, critical Examples from the Web for unassuaged Historical Examples of unassuaged

In these dark hours there was no place in her heart for aught but unassuaged grief.

Dust of the Desert

Robert Welles Ritchie

But Nature did not achieve the task that Mr. Balfour had attempted; and my anguish was unassuaged.

Seven Men

Max Beerbohm

It was the culmination after a year of misery and unassuaged grieving for her loss.

Halcyone

Elinor Glyn

An unassuaged longing may serve to preserve youth as well as an undestroyed illusion; indeed, the two are one.

The Portion of Labor

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

His thirst is unassuaged; his taste for enterprises foredoomed to failure is incurable.

Mental Efficiency

Arnold Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for unassuaged assuage verb (tr)

1. to soothe, moderate, or relieve (grief, pain, etc)
2. to give relief to (thirst, appetite, etc); satisfy
3. to pacify; calm

Derived Formsassuagement, nounassuager, nounassuasive (əˈsweɪsɪv), adjectiveWord Origin for assuage C14: from Old French assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuāviāre (unattested) to sweeten, from Latin suāvis pleasant; see suave Word Origin and History for unassuaged assuage v.

c.1300, from Anglo-French assuager, Old French assoagier “soften, moderate, alleviate, calm, soothe, pacify,” from Vulgar Latin *adsuaviare, from Latin ad- “to” (see ad-) + suavis “sweet, agreeable” (see sweet). For sound development in French, cf. deluge from Latin diluvium, abridge from abbreviare. Related: Assuaged; assuaging.