were assuaging

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  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