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1) General subject: alleviate, alleviate (боль, страдание), assuage (горе, боль), assuage (боль, горе и т.п.), attemper, attenuate, calm down, commute, edulcorate, euphemize, extenuate (вину), gentle, gloze over nothing, gloze over the history of, humanize, lenify (приговор), liberalize (правило), lighten (наказание), meeken, mellow, melt, milden, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, qualify, quell, reclaim, relax, remit (приговор, наказание), remit, salve (боль), shade, smooth, smooth over, smoothen, soft pedal, soften, soothe, subdue, supple, sweeten, tame, tame down (формулировку), temper, tone down (краски, выражение), turn the edge of (критическое замечание и т. п.; что-л.), turn the point of (критическое замечание и т. п.; что-л.), unloose (противоречия и т.п.), unloosen (противоречия и т.п.), unsteel, water, water down, appease, lull, tone down (тон, краски), turn the edge of (что-л., критическое замечание и т. п.), gloss over, slacken, pacify4) Colloquial: soft-pedal5) Obsolete: season7) Bookish: allay, dulcify, expurgate (резкое выражение), expurge (резкое выражение)8) Rare: rebate11) Economy: alleviate (напр. экономический кризис), moderate (напр. экономические колебания)12) Accounting: lighten (напр. налоговое бремя)13) Australian slang: make it all right with14) Diplomatic term: alleviate (экономический кризис и т.п.), thaw16) Phonetics: palatalize17) Jargon: tone done18) Drilling: ease19) Programming: (ся) soften21) Makarov: absorb, appease (боль), break down, cushion (удар), palliate (вину, преступление), shade (окраску, манеры, выражения и т.п.), shade away, shade down, soothe (боль), tender, turn the edge of (критическое замечание и т.п.; что-л.), turn the point of (критическое замечание и т.п.; что-л.), escalate down (конфликт и т. п.) -
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смягчить (вн.)1. soften (d.); ( успокаивать) mollify (d.); ( ослаблять) allay (d.), alleviate (d.), assuage (d.), mitigate (d.); (свет, краски) tone down (d.); ( строгость) relax (d.)смягчать кого-л. — mollify smb.
смягчать вину — extenuate smb.'s guilt
смягчать наказание, приговор — mitigate a punishment, a sentence
смягчать душевную скорбь — mitigate / assuage grief
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(кого-л./что-л.)
1) soften, extenuate; allay, assuage, mitigate, alleviate (ослаблять); tone down (свет, краски); relax (строгость); mollify (успокаивать)
2) лингв. palatalize* * ** * *soften, extenuate; allay, assuage, mitigate* * *appeaseassuageattempercommuteextenuatehumanizelightenlullmildenmitigatemoderatemodifypalliatequalifyrelaxremitsalvesoftensoothesubduesweetentemper -
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(кого-л./что-л.)
calm, quiet; soothe; (смягчать - о горе, боли) assuage; (о гневе и т.п.) appease; (убеждать не тревожиться) reassure; set at rest/ease, set smb.'s mind at rest* * *успокаивать; успокоить calm, quiet; soothe; assuage* * *allayappeaseassuageattemperbalsambecalmcomfortcomposeconciliatehushlaylullmincepacifypropitiatequellquietquietenreassurerelievesalvesettlesoothestill -
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[-хч-] несов. - смягча́ть, сов. - смягчи́ть; (вн.)1) ( делать менее жёстким) soften (d)2) ( делать более уступчивым) mollify (d)смягча́ть кого́-л ле́стью — mollify smb by flattery
3) ( ослаблять) ease (d), moderate (d), allay (d), alleviate (d), assuage [ə'sweɪʤ] (d)смягча́ть гнев — assuage / mollify one's anger
смягча́ть боль — ease / alleviate the pain
смягча́ть уда́р — cushion the blow
смягча́ть впечатле́ние — moderate / lighten the impression
смягча́ть душе́вную скорбь — mitigate / assuage smb's grief
смягча́ть напряжённость — ease tension
4) ( умерять строгость) mitigate (d)смягча́ть вину́ — extenuate smb's guilt
смягча́ть наказа́ние [пригово́р] — mitigate a punishment [a sentence]
5) (свет, краски) moderate (d), soften (d) -
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7 Утоли моя печали
Religion: Assuage my sorrows -
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1) General subject: abate, allay (боль), alleviate (боль, страдания), appease (боль, горе), assuage (боль и т.п.), disencumber, ease (боль, ношу), enable, expedite, facilitate, lenify, lighten (тж. перен.), mitigate (боль), palliate, release (боль, страдания), relieve (тяжесть, давление), soften, solace, soothe (боль), sugar coat, unburden, unburden (душу), unload (душу), faciliate, lubricate3) Medicine: charm away, help5) Bookish: discumber8) Mathematics: assist, make easier9) Railway term: easing11) Architecture: simplify (не о весе чего-либо)12) Mining: free13) Information technology: easy14) Business: aid15) General subject: facilitate (операции)16) Makarov: plaster, sugar-coat, ease down -
9 ослаблять чувство страха
Mass media: allay fear, assuage fear, ease fear, lower fearУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > ослаблять чувство страха
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10 развеивать сомнения
General subject: assuage doubtsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > развеивать сомнения
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12 рассеять (чьи-л.) сомнения
1) Diplomatic term: assuage doubt, dispel doubt2) Makarov: dispel doubts, disperse doubtsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > рассеять (чьи-л.) сомнения
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1) General subject: satisfy, satisfy doubts, dispell doubts2) Diplomatic term: (чьи-л.) assuage doubt, (чьи-л.) dispel doubt, dispel doubts3) Makarov: (чьи-л.) dispel doubts, (чьи-л.) disperse doubts -
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1) General subject: alleviate, assuage, attenuate, escalate down (конфликт и т. п.), extenuate, gentle, humanize, lighten, mellow, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, mollify (чем-л.; кого-л.), palliate, relax, remit, salve, shade, smooth, soft pedal, soften, soften up (чьё-л. сопротивление), soothe, subdue, sweeten, take the edge off (что-л.), tame, temper, mollify (чем-л.; успокоить, кого-л.)2) Obsolete: season3) Engineering: relieve4) Rare: intenerate5) Law: accord mitigation (ответственность, наказание)6) Diplomatic term: ease, water down7) Phonetics: palatalize8) Astronautics: cushion9) Makarov: take the edge off (smth.) (что-л.), express by a euphemism -
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1) General subject: appease, becalm, calm, mitigate, mollify ( smb by smth), pacify, placate, pour oil on troubled waters, propitiate, soothe, unsteel, conciliate, disarm2) Poetical language: serene3) Bookish: pacificate4) Makarov: assuage, heal, pour oil on the troubled waters, pour oil on waters -
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1) General subject: allay (волнение, подозрение, боль), appease, assuage (гнев), assure, attemper, balm, balsam, becalm, become quiet, calm, calm down, charm (боль), comfort, compose, content, ease, gentle, hush, hush hush, hush-hush, kill, lay, lull (боль), lullaby, mince, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell (страх и т. п.), quiet, quieten, reassure, relax, relieve, salve (совесть), satisfy, sedate, set at rest, set somebody at ease, set somebody's mind at rest (кого-либо), settle, silence, slake, smooth, soften, solace, soothe, still, stroke somebody down (кого-либо), subside, tranquillize, conciliate, dampen the agitation, pour oil on troubled waters, calm down (ся), smooth down (ся), allay concerns, quite down, sooth2) Geology: damp (магнитную стрелку)3) Medicine: abirritate, mitigate, obtund, smooth down4) Obsolete: supple5) Sports: settle down9) Construction: steady10) Religion: pacificate11) Railway term: damp (стрелку или подвижную систему)12) Australian slang: make it all right with13) Automobile industry: dash16) Advertising: make comforting noises -
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1) General subject: allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, charm, comfort, compose, conciliate, cushion, ease, hush, hush hush, kill, lay, lay an apprehension, lenify, lull, lullaby, mince, mollify, mollify (чем-л.; кого-л.), pacify, placate, propitiate, put at his ease (кого-л.), put off with fair speeches, quell, quiet, quieten, recompose, relax, relieve, relieve mind (кого-л.), salve, set at rest, set mind at rest (кого-л.), set somebody at ease, settle, settle scruples (кого-л.), silence, smooth, solace, soothe, stanch, still, stroke somebody down (кого-либо), tranquilize, put somebody at his ease (кого-либо), set at ease, stroke down, calm down (ся), stroke down (кого-л.), relieve mind (утешить, кого-л.), allay concerns, reassure3) Astronautics: damp5) Aphorism: (кого-л.) put someone's mind at ease6) Phraseological unit: put at ease -
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См. также в других словарях:
Assuage — As*suage , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assuaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuaging}.] [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier, asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See {Sweet}.] To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Assuage — As*suage , v. i. To abate or subside. [Archaic] The waters assuaged. Gen. vii. 1. [1913 Webster] The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage. De Foe. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
assuage — I verb abate, allay, alleviate, appease, attemper, blunt, chasten, check, comfort, compose, curb, diminish, ease, lessen, levare, mitigare, mitigate, moderate, mollify, obtund, pacify, palliate, quell, quench, reduce, relieve, remedy, salve, sate … Law dictionary
assuage — (v.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. assuager, O.Fr. assoagier soften, moderate, alleviate, calm, soothe, pacify, from V.L. *adsuaviare, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + suavis sweet, agreeable (see SWEET (Cf. sweet)). For sound development in French,… … Etymology dictionary
assuage — alleviate, *relieve, mitigate, lighten, allay Analogous words: temper, *moderate: *comfort, solace, console: mollify, placate, appease, *pacify Antonyms: exacerbate: intensify Contrasted words: kindle (see LIGHT vb): aggravate, heighten (see … New Dictionary of Synonyms
assuage — [v] soothe, relieve allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, make nice*, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, pour oil on*, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften … New thesaurus
assuage — ► VERB 1) make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense. 2) satisfy (an appetite or desire). DERIVATIVES assuagement noun. ORIGIN Old French assouagier, from Latin suavis sweet … English terms dictionary
assuage — [ə swāj′, aswāj′] vt. assuaged, assuaging [ME aswagen < OFr assouagier < L ad , to + suavis, SWEET] 1. to lessen (pain, distress, etc.); allay 2. to calm (passion, anger, etc.); pacify 3. to satisfy or slake (thirst, appetite, etc.) SYN.… … English World dictionary
assuage — /əˈsweɪdʒ / (say uh swayj) verb (t) (assuaged, assuaging) 1. to make milder or less severe; mitigate; ease: to assuage grief. 2. to appease; satisfy: to assuage appetite; to assuage thirst; to assuage a craving. 3. to mollify; pacify: to assuage… …
assuage — assuagement, n. assuager, n. /euh swayj , euh swayzh /, v.t., assuaged, assuaging. 1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one s grief; to assuage one s pain. 2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one s… … Universalium
assuage — [[t]əswe͟ɪʤ[/t]] assuages, assuaging, assuaged 1) VERB If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly. [LITERARY] [V n] To assuage his wife s grief, he took her on a tour of Europe... [V n] She was just … English dictionary