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łagodzić — meaning in English

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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.
  • palliate verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
  • relax verb To rest and become free of tension, stress, or worry.
  • soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.

Senses

łagodzić is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.).
  • palliate To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. [from 15th c.]
  • palliate (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify. [17th–18th c.]
  • pour oil on troubled waters (idiomatic) To calm, appease or quiet a person or situation.
  • relax (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
  • soothe (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
  • water down (idiomatic) To simplify or oversimplify; to make easier; to make less difficult.

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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