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• past tense form of assuage.
• past participle of assuage.

assuaged

American  

[uh-sweyjd, uh-sweyzhd] / əˈsweɪdʒd, əˈsweɪʒd /

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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of assuage.

Other Word Forms

• unassuaged
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of assuaged

assuage ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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assuaged

But on Friday, the Americans assuaged all of those concerns in a single half of soccer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

But these were largely assuaged by a new start line procedure that was trialled at the test, which gives the drivers more time to get the turbos spinning at the optimum speed.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

However, the company didn’t share specific funding details that could have assuaged debt concerns.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025

Any lingering doubts that the Lakers might have had before dropping that kind of money in Doncic’s lap likely were assuaged by his apparent commitment to superior physical conditioning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025

Yet they were always a little hungry, not starving, but with an emptiness inside them that was never quite assuaged.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry