assuaged

[ uh-sweyjd, uh-sweyzhd ]

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.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of assuage ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·as·suaged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of assuaged¹

assuage ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

But what Trump said himself during the campaign has not exactly assuaged people’s fears.

From BBC

Any guilt I may have ever felt about being yet another New Yorker semi-transplant to Florida was assuaged this week, as I spent pretty much every waking hour trying to deal with Hurricane Milton damage.

From Slate

When we pulled out our designer gloss to publicly reapply, the thought that I’d suddenly be asked to leave was assuaged.

From Los Angeles Times

If Biya had responded more rapidly and with a more assertively generous and loudly touted reform package, perhaps he could have assuaged discontent early on - and thus averted the eventual slide into violent confrontation between the security forces and armed militants demanding outright secession.

From BBC

Prosecutors do not agree to exonerations lightly or easily—quite the opposite—and a court’s fear of error can be assuaged with a careful review of the record.

From Slate