assuage — to make an unpleasant feeling less intense or to satisfy a need or desire
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to make an unpleasant feeling less intense or to satisfy a need or desire
Pronunciation (IPA): /əˈsweɪdʒ/
Korean meaning: (불쾌한 감정을) 달래다, 진정시키다, (욕구를) 만족시키다
Korean pronunciation: 어**스웨**이지
Example Sentences
- The CEO held a meeting to assuage employees' concerns about layoffs.
- He bought his wife expensive flowers to assuage his guilt about forgetting their anniversary.
- Nothing could assuage her grief after losing her beloved pet.
assuage
VERB//əˈsweɪdʒ//
to make an unpleasant feeling less intense or to satisfy a need or desire
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A gentle massage can assuage the damage
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Origin
From Old French 'assuager', derived from Latin 'ad-' (to) combined with 'suavis' (sweet). The word ultimately traces to Proto-Indo-European roots meaning 'sweet' or 'pleasant'.
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“The CEO held a meeting to assuage employees' concerns about layoffs.”
“He bought his wife expensive flowers to assuage his guilt about forgetting their anniversary.”
“Nothing could assuage her grief after losing her beloved pet.”
“The free pizza was meant to assuage customers' anger over the long wait.”
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