are assuaging

• present progressive

  present progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.

  of assuage.
  assuage

  verb (used with object)

  to make milder or less severe; alleviate; ease; mitigate.

Related Words

• allay
• alleviate
• appease
• lessen
• mitigate
• mollify
• pacify
• placate
• quench
• sate
• satisfy
• soften
• temper