assuaging
Easing the pain
Assuaging is the act of soothing, easing, or relieving something unpleasant.
You assuage pain, hunger, guilt, or fear—anything that causes discomfort or distress: Nothing could assuage her grief.
The word suggests gradual calming rather than sudden elimination: He tried assuaging their concerns with reassurances.
Inducing a settled state
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
- quietingMaking something still
- lullingCalming into tranquility
pacifying · placating · mollifying · conciliatory · tranquilizing · gentling · settling · hushing
Reducing strain or difficulty
- alleviatingMaking less severe
- mitigatingReducing harm or severity
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
reducing · palliating · softening · lightening · ameliorating · tempering · abating · dulling
calming
Inducing a settled state
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
- quietingMaking something still
lulling · pacifying · placating · mollifying · conciliatory · tranquilizing · gentling · settling · hushing · stilling
easing
Reducing strain or difficulty
- alleviatingMaking less severe
- mitigatingReducing harm or severity
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
diminishing · reducing · palliating · softening · lightening · ameliorating · tempering · abating · dulling · blunting
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, peace agreement, mediate, pacifying
assuagingagitating
Disturbing or stirring up
disturbing · upsetting · disquieting · alarming · angering
assuagingintensifying
Increasing in strength
aggravating · exacerbating · worsening · amplifying · heightening
assuagingtormenting
Causing severe distress
afflicting · suffering · paining · agonizing · harrowing
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