Antonyms for assuage

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh

Phonetic Transcription : əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ

Definition of assuage

Origin : 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.

verb soothe, relieve

Example sentences :

To assuage remorse, she sought to give evidence as to a prevalent sympathy.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

But his well-meant attempt to assuage the stricken creature's wo was futile.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

For a long while he was preoccupied by an intense desire to assuage it.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Thus I assuage my conscience and justify the fun, the joy, the excitement, and the violence.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

It was Roger's first experience in trying to assuage the grief of any one else.
Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie

What will mortals not do, to what lengths have men not gone, to assuage the pangs of hunger?
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

Many sorrows which he overlooks the deaconess can discern and assuage.
Extract from : « Deaconesses in Europe » by Jane M. Bancroft

Col. Malcome strove by every means in his power to assuage and lighten his sorrows.
Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton

But they could not assuage one torturing pain, or prolong his life for a second!
Extract from : « The Young Lord and Other Tales » by Camilla Toulmin

And it was all the sharper because I did not know how or where I could assuage it.
Extract from : « The Friendly Road » by (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker

Synonyms for assuage

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