ASSUAGED Definition & Meaning

assuaged

[ uh-sweyjd, uh-sweyzhd ]

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adjective

made milder or less severe; eased:
She thought with assuaged grief of her father's tragic death, and how he would have loved to see her now, about to be married.
(of hunger, thirst, etc.) satisfied or relieved:
That’s how it is with desire—it flares up again once the briefly assuaged appetite returns.
soothed, calmed, or mollified:
Volunteering at the clinic gives me an opportunity for social interaction as well as an assuaged conscience because I’m helping out with an important issue.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of assuage ( def ).

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of assuaged¹

assuage ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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Over time, parents' fears have been assuaged, but critics sometimes question the coaches' motives.

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If cost and profitability concerns can be assuaged for investors and the manufacturing companies themselves — meaning the numbers make sense — the implications are enormous.

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But what Trump said himself during the campaign has not exactly assuaged people’s fears.

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When we pulled out our designer gloss to publicly reapply, the thought that I’d suddenly be asked to leave was assuaged.

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Still, any discontentment was quickly assuaged by a knockout encore.

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