verzachten — meaning in English

English meaning

• alleviate verb To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.
• assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
• mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
• mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
• palliate verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
• relent verb To finally agree to something after initially refusing, or to become less harsh.
• soften verb To make something soft or softer, or to become soft.

Senses

verzachten is used for these senses in English:

• abirritate (transitive, medicine) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate; to soothe.
• alleviate (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
• assuage (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
• mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
• mollify To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
• palliate (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify. [17th–18th c.]
• relent (intransitive) To give in or be swayed; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to show clemency.
• relent (dated, intransitive, of substance) To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield, for example by dissolving or melting

assuage — full definition

1. verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
2. verb To satisfy a need or appetite, such as hunger or thirst.

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