assuage
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
She managed to mollify the angry customer
Types & categories
- still hypernym
Related & opposite
- pacification derivation
- propitiation derivation
- baby's dummy derivation
- peace of mind derivation
- pacifier derivation
- peace derivation
- mollification derivation
- conciliation derivation
- conciliative derivation
- appeasinga derivation
- appeasable derivation
Sense 2 verb
satisfy (thirst)
The cold water quenched his thirst
Types & categories
- fulfil hypernym
Related & opposite
- ingest entails
Sense 3 verb
provide physical relief, as from pain
This pill will relieve your headaches
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- easing derivation
- palliation derivation
- palliative derivation
- alleviation derivation
- alleviator derivation
- lenitive derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pacification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | propitiation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | baby's dummy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | peace of mind |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pacifier |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | peace |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mollification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conciliation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conciliative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeasinga |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeasable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | still |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | ingest |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fulfil |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | easing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | palliation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | palliative |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | alleviation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | alleviator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lenitive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | soothe |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ease |