What does assuaging mean

mitigate MIT-uh-gayt verb. 1 : to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify. 2 a : to make less severe or painful : alleviate. b : to lessen the seriousness of : extenuate.

1 : to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease. 2 : to make quiet : pacify. 3 : to put an end to by satisfying : appease, quench.

Definition of hueless

1 : colorless. 2 : having no hue : gray.

Some common synonyms of assuage are allay, alleviate, lighten, mitigate, and relieve. While all these words mean “to make something less grievous,” assuage implies softening or sweetening what is harsh or disagreeable.

verb (used with object), as·suaged, as·suag·ing. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one’s grief; to assuage one’s pain. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one’s hunger.

assuage. Antonyms: exasperate, excite, increase, stimulate, incite, provoke, inflame, embitter, aggravate. Synonyms: mitigate, soothe, console, soften, moderate, pacify, lenify, allay, ease, alleviate, abate, diminish, lessen, compose, appease, calm, tranquillize.

“yoke the oxen together” Antonyms: unyoke. Synonyms: unite, link, tie in, colligate, relate, tie, join, connect, associate, link up.

Definition of mollify

transitive verb. 1 : to soothe in temper or disposition : appease mollified the staff with a raise. 2 : to reduce the rigidity of : soften Shaving cream mollifies the beard. 3 : to reduce in intensity : assuage, temper Time mollified his anger.

A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (2 weeks). The word derives from the Old English term fēowertyne niht, meaning “fourteen nights“.

transitive verb. 1 : pacify, conciliate especially : to make concessions to (someone, such as an aggressor or a critic) often at the sacrifice of principles appeased the dictator by accepting his demands Placaters, who try hard to appease others so as to keep the peace, fear getting hurt in some way. —

Definition of excruciating

1 : causing great pain or anguish : agonizing the nation’s most excruciating dilemma— W. H. Ferry. 2 : very intense : extreme excruciating pain. Other Words from excruciating Synonyms More Example Sentences Learn More About excruciating.

transitive verb. : to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease.

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred). … They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.

to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.

As verbs the difference between appease and please

is that appease is to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred) while please is to make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure.

Definition of propitiation

1 : the act of gaining or regaining the favor or goodwill of someone or something : the act of propitiating : appeasement a sacrifice in propitiation of the gods …

appeasement, Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war.

It’s a noun that means “thing offered in an attempt to appease someone.” appraisal? Sure it is! In a sentence: “I don’t want the whole cake; appeasal be plenty.” (More helpfully, “appeasement?”)

It’s not defined as being disparaging, and you can use it fairly neutrally. I appeased my growling stomach by eating a sandwich. We appeased the opposing parties, by throwing some concessions in.

Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, appeasement was the name given to Britain’s policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked. Most closely associated with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, it is now widely discredited as a policy of weakness.

Appeasement encouraged Hitler to be more aggressive, with each victory giving him confidence and power. With more land, Germany became better defended, with more soldiers, workers, raw materials, weapons and industries. This then shows the first way that appeasement caused World War Two.