VERB | emotion | assuage, pacify, lenify, conciliate, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | cause to be more favorably inclined |
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consumption | assuage, quench, slake, allay | satisfy (thirst) | |
body | assuage, relieve, alleviate, palliate | provide physical relief, as from pain |
Sounds | ahswey'jh | |
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Rhymes | age ... wage: 25 rhymes with eyjh... |
Meaning | Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The performance is likely to assuage Sue | |
Synonyms | pacify, lenify, conciliate, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | |
Broader | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
Spanish | aliviar, apaciguar, aplacar, calmar, pacificar, sosegar, suavizar | |
Catalan | alleujar, apaivagar, aplacar, assossegar, conciliar, pacificar, suavitzar |
Meaning | satisfy (thirst). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | quench, slake, allay | |
Entails | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
Broader | fit, conform to, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil | Fill or meet a want or need |
Spanish | aliviar, apaciguar, apagar, aplacar, calmar, remojar, saciar, suavizar | |
Catalan | alleujar, apaivagar, calmar, sadollar, suavitzar |
Meaning | Provide physical relief, as from pain. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | relieve, alleviate, palliate | |
Narrower | comfort, ease | lessen pain or discomfort |
soothe | Cause to feel better | |
Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
Spanish | aliviar, apaciguar, mitigar, paliar, salvar, suavizar | |
Catalan | alleugerir, alleujar, apaivagar, mitigar, salvar, suavitzar | |
Nouns | assuagement | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
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