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assuagesverbpresent tense third-person singular of assuage to make more bearable or less severea mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark allays, alleviates, eases, helps, mitigates, mollifies, palliates, relieves, soothes abates, lightens, moderates, softens, temperscures, heals, remediesamends, corrects, emends, fixes, mends, rectifies, reforms, repairsameliorates, betters, enhances, enriches, improves, meliorates, perfects, refines aggravates, exacerbates harms, hurts, impairs, injuresheightens, intensifies, sharpens to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)that huge meal certainly assuaged my hunger quenches, sates, satiates, satisfies, slakes caters (to), gratifies, humors, indulgesalleviates, lightens, relievescloys, saturates, surfeits arouses, excites, piques, stimulatestantalizes, teases to lessen the anger or agitation ofnothing would assuage the angry parent except the prompt dismissal of the teacher who had used corporal punishment without authorization appeases, conciliates, disarms, gentles, mollifies, pacifies, placates, propitiates calms, comforts, consoles, contents, hushes, quiets, soothes, tranquilizes(also tranquillizes)endears (to), ingratiatesdelights, gladdens, gratifies, pleasesadulates, blarneys, flatters, overpraises, soft-soapsquenches, sates, satiates, satisfiescaters (to), humors, indulgesblandishes, cajoles, coaxes, sweet-talks, wheedlesbabies, coddles, mollycoddles, pampers, spoilsdulcifies, sweetens angers, enrages, incenses, inflames(also enflames), infuriates, ires, maddens, outrages aggravates, annoys, antagonizes, bothers, bugs, burns (up), chafes, crosses, exasperates, galls, gets, grates, irks, irritates, nettles, peeves, piques, puts out, rankles, riles, roils, ruffles, vexesprovokes, rousesharasses, harries, persecutes, pestersagitates, discomforts, distresses, disturbs, frets, perturbs, unhinges, unsettles, upsets, worriesaffronts, insults, offends, slights |