Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "tashin hankali" ita ce rage ƙarfi ko mai tsanani, don sassautawa ko raɗaɗi (zafi, baƙin ciki, yunwa, da dai sauransu), ko don kwantar da hankali ko kwantar da hankali (ji ko ji). Hakanan yana iya nufin gamsarwa (yunwa ko ƙishirwa) ko kwantar da hankali (mutum).
1. She hesitated, then swallowed three to assuage her thudding temples and tossing stomach.
2. He sheltered in the space between the crowd and the white-painted paddle box, trying to gain time, but the passengers were urging his attackers on, seeking blood to assuage the boredom of their existence.
3. An urge to comfort her, to say something to assuage her suffering and his guilt surged up in him, choked him.
4. Do, messieurs, do all that your hearts counsel you to assuage the grief of Madame Fouquet.
5. But history must not yet tell the tragedies enacted here let time intervene in some measure to assuage and lend an azure tint to them.