assuaged

[ uh-sweyjd, uh-sweyzhd ]

adjective

1. 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.

2. (of hunger, thirst, etc.) satisfied or relieved:

   That’s how it is with desire—it flares up again once the briefly assuaged appetite returns.

3. 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

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

Other Words From

• un·as·suaged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of assuaged¹

assuage ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Having mRNA vaccines may also help assuage concerns that scaling up vaccination will result in many reports of side effects.

From Popular-Science

The details are likely intended to assuage concerns about autonomous vehicle technology failing to progress as quickly as many people had expected.

From Fortune

The communication appears to be working to assuage creators’ concerns, though the episode is only the latest example of why creators should diversify rather than becoming overly reliant on any one platform.

From Digiday

In an attempt to assuage those fears, Smith said that at Iris the agency has been very transparent when layoffs happened and why particular teams were laid off.

From Digiday

The startup’s blue mopeds that had become a familiar sight in New York City are back, but with a number of new protocols and features aimed at boosting safety and assuaging city officials.

From TechCrunch

At least with a physical or mental ailment some guilt can be assuaged.

From The Daily Beast

Will the twenty percenters be assuaged if Hillary accepts the job of Secretary of State?

From The Daily Beast

His plump strong hands gripped the arms of his chair, and his frown was a little assuaged.

From Project Gutenberg

The grief of Antonina could only be assuaged by the sufferings of her son.

From Project Gutenberg

Having assuaged her thirst for revenge, Cratesipolis entered Sicyon in triumph, and assumed the government.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a hunger and thirst that the cold meat and bread in his knapsack and snow water would not have assuaged.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the craving in her for romance Janet assuaged; Eda's was the love content to pour out, that demands little.

From Project Gutenberg