English Explanatory Dictionary

assuage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
  2. To pacify or soothe (someone).
  3. To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

Pronunciation

/əˈsweɪd͡ʒ/ en-us-assuage.ogg /əˈswɑʒ/

Word forms

assuage assuages assuaging assuaged asswage suage swage tasswage

Etymology

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.

Derived words

assuageable assuagement assuager assuagingly unassuaged unassuaging

Translations

Bulgarian: успокоявам Bulgarian: уталожвам Chinese Mandarin: 使平靜 /使平静 Chinese Mandarin: 安慰 Chinese Mandarin: 撫慰 /抚慰 Chinese Mandarin: 平定 Chinese Mandarin: 安撫 /安抚 Czech: utišit Czech: uklidnit Finnish: rauhoittaa Finnish: rauhoitella French: apaiser French: calmer German: besänftigen German: beschwichtigen Hebrew: שִׁכֵּךְ Latin: sēdō Occitan: apasimar Occitan: calmar Polish: uspokajać Polish: uspokoić Portuguese: acalmar Russian: успока́ивать Russian: успоко́ить Scots: mease Scots: cowshin Spanish: apaciguar Spanish: sosegar Spanish: calmar Swedish: lugna Turkish: sakinleştirmek Turkish: yatıştırmak Ukrainian: заспокоювати Ukrainian: вгамовувати
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