ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAassuage
ISEE/SSAThard
assuage
Meaning: to make less severe
assuage in a sentence
How assuage is used in real sentences:
Cool water assuaged the burn.
Cool water assuaged the burn.
“Chen assuaged the room’s tension by pausing the discussion and inviting written comments.”
— from the passage Voices Across Generations
Synonyms for assuage
Other words for assuage — soothe, alleviate and calm — carry the same meaning.
- soothe
- alleviate
- calm
Antonyms of assuage
Words that mean the opposite of assuage:
- aggravate
- intensify
Where it comes from
From Latin ad- 'to' + suavis 'sweet'
Memory hook
ASSUAGE — SWAGE-down the pain.