успоко́ить — meaning in English
uspokoit
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English meaning
- appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
- assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- calm adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
- comfort noun A state of physical ease and freedom from pain or worry.
- console verb To comfort someone who is upset, grieving, or disappointed.
- lull noun A temporary period of calm or reduced activity.
- quell verb To bring a disturbance, rebellion, or strong feeling under control; to suppress it.
- quiet adj Making little or no sound.
- soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.
- still adj Not moving; calm and motionless.
Senses
успоко́ить is used for these senses in English:
- appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
- assuage (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
- calm (transitive) To make calm.
- comfort (obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
- console (transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
- lull (transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
- quell (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.]
- quiet (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
assuage — full definition
- verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- verb To satisfy a need or appetite, such as hunger or thirst.