| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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