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assuage

/əˈsweɪdʒ/verb

उच्चारण अस्वेज

(दुख, भूख) कम करना, शांत करना

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verb
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    [T] ~ sth formal

    to make an unpleasant feeling less severe

    (दुख, भूख) कम करना, शांत करना

    • Nothing could assuage her grief.
    • to assuage hunger
    • A gentle apology helped assuage his anger.
    + 2 more examples
    • Cool water assuaged her thirst after the long walk.
    • The minister tried to assuage the fears of the farmers.

    Synonyms relieve ease alleviate soothe mitigate

    Opposite aggravate intensify worsen exacerbate

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as·suage

Spelling and pronunciation: as-suage, double s and -suage, /əˈsweɪdʒ/ (not 'asuage' or 'assauge').

Spelling और pronunciation में as-suage, दो s और अंत में -suage, /əˈsweɪdʒ/ ('asuage' या 'assauge' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the relieve words together: assuage, alleviate, allay (fears), mitigate (make less harmful), soothe.

राहत के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: assuage, alleviate, allay (डर), mitigate (कम हानिकारक बनाना), soothe।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Assuage grief, assuage guilt, assuage fears, assuage hunger or thirst.

Collocations: assuage grief (दुख कम करना), assuage guilt (अपराधबोध घटाना), assuage fears (डर शांत करना), assuage hunger या thirst (भूख या प्यास बुझाना)।