Tra từ assuage - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. satisfy (thirst)
- The cold water quenched his thirst
• Syn:
quench, slake, allay
• Hypernyms:
meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
• Entailment:
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. provide physical relief, as from pain
- This pill will relieve your headaches
• Syn:
relieve, alleviate, palliate
• Derivationally related forms:
assuagement, palliative (for: palliate), palliation (for: palliate), alleviatory (for: alleviate), alleviative (for: alleviate), alleviation (for: alleviate), alleviator (for: alleviate), alleviant (for: alleviate)
• Hypernyms:
better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
• Hyponyms:
soothe, comfort, ease
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. cause to be more favorably inclined;
gain the good will of
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
• Syn:
pacify, lenify, conciliate, appease, mollify,
placate, gentle, gruntle
• Derivationally related forms:
placative (for: placate), placatory (for: placate), placation (for: placate), mollification (for: mollify), appeasable (for: appease), conciliative (for: conciliate), conciliation (for: conciliate), conciliator (for: conciliate), pacification (for: pacify), peace (for: pacify), pacifier (for: pacify)
• Hypernyms:
calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize,
tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to assuage Sue