assuage.
To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
Meaning & usage
To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
To pacify or soothe (someone).
To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“to sweeten, to butter up, to calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.