Antonyms for assuage
əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒas·suage

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1. assuage

   Etymologically, to alleviate is to lift a burden toward oneself, and so lighten it for the bearer; to relieve is to lift it back from the bearer, nearly or quite away; to remove is to take it away altogether. Alleviate is thus less than relieve; relieve, ordinarily, less than remove. We alleviate, relieve or remove the trouble; we relieve, not alleviate, the sufferer. Assuage is, by derivation, to sweeten; mitigate, to make mild; moderate, to bring within measure; abate, to beat down, and so make less. We abate a fever; lessen anxiety; moderate passions or desires; lighten burdens; mitigate or alleviate pain; reduce inflammation; soften, assuage, or moderate grief; we lighten or mitigate punishments; we relieve any suffering of body or mind that admits of help, comfort, or remedy. Alleviate has been often confused with allay. Compare ALLAY.

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, augment, embitter, enhance, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify, make worse

   Synonyms:
   abate, alleviate, lessen, lighten, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relieve, remove, soften

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. assuage

   Antonyms:
   exasperate, excite, increase, stimulate, incite, provoke, inflame, embitter, aggravate

   Synonyms:
   mitigate, soothe, console, soften, moderate, pacify, lenify, allay, ease, alleviate, abate, diminish, lessen, compose, appease, calm, tranquillize

Matched Categories

1. • Calm
   • Satisfy

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntleverb

   cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

   "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

   Synonyms:
   mollify, conciliate, quell, gentle, relieve, lenify, stay, placate, quench, allay, ennoble, settle, gruntle, palliate, accommodate, appease, pacify, temper, propitiate, alleviate, slake, make up, entitle, patch up, reconcile, season

2. quench, slake, allay, assuageverb

   satisfy (thirst)

   "The cold water quenched his thirst"

   Synonyms:
   mollify, conciliate, quell, blow out, relieve, squelch, lenify, placate, appease, gruntle, palliate, abate, ease, allay, pacify, extinguish, alleviate, snuff out, slake, quench, slack, still, gentle

3. relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuageverb

   provide physical relief, as from pain

   "This pill will relieve your headaches"

   Synonyms:
   mollify, exempt, gentle, relieve, lenify, placate, unbosom, appease, allay, facilitate, excuse, gruntle, free, mitigate, ease, let off, conciliate, salvage, pacify, slake, alleviate, extenuate, salve, remedy, take over, quench, still, palliate, lighten, save

How to use assuage in a sentence?

1. Charles De Secondat:

   I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage.

2. Jeffrey MacDonald:

   People were thinking about whether the volatility represented a global recession  but the stabilisation in stocks and oil prices helped assuage fears, recent economic data does not signal an imminent US recession.

3. Kayte Spector-Bagdady:

   Whether or not you have been vaccinated is your own private medical information, places like hospitals or your doctor generally can not share that information without your written permission. But there will likely be increasing circumstances where you might want to share your vaccine status. A small gathering of friends, for instance, might want to share vaccine statuses to assuage any anxieties people might have.

4. Laolu Akande:

   The implementation of a three-pronged financial intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari to assuage workers plight and support the states is now in progress.

5. Tony Buzbee:

   Axel Acosta's family doesn't want to hear Travis Scott excuses ; Travis Scott excuses do not assuage their grief and pain.

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