Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slake

3 senses of slake

Sense 1
quench, slake, allay, assuage -- (satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst")
       => meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil -- (fill or meet a want or need)

Sense 2
slake, abate, slack -- (make less active or intense)
       => decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")

Sense 3
slack, slake -- (cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime")
       => hydrate -- (cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin")

Antonyms of adj slaked

1 sense of slaked

Sense 1
quenched, satisfied, slaked -- (allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue")

INDIRECT (VIA mitigated) -> unmitigated -- (not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie")

Similarity of adj slaked

1 sense of slaked

Sense 1
quenched, satisfied, slaked -- (allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue")
       => mitigated (vs. unmitigated) -- (made less severe or intense; "he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty")

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