appease

appease
v
1. pacify, quiet, calm, tranquilize, lull, soothe, compose, comfort; alleviate, relieve, palliate, allay, assuage, mitigate, abate, moderate, temper, lessen; take the edge off of, blunt, dull, deaden; stifle, still, silence, hush, smother; quench, slake, satisfy, Sl. shut [s.o.] up, keep [s.o.] quiet, give a sop to; subdue, suppress, put down, quell, quash.
2. placate, pacificate, Archaic. attemper; humor, dulcify, mollify, soften; reconcile, Archaic. accord, bring to terms, make peace, settle differences, defuse, pour oil on troubled waters; mediate, arbitrate, bridge the gap, negotiate, intervene, intercede; reunite, mend, patch, patch up, repair the breach, smooth over.
3. propitiate, conciliate, accommodate, adjust, compromise; yield, submit, surrender, concede, give in, cave in, accede to demands.

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  • Appease — Ap*pease , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appeasing}.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier, apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F. paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See {Peace}.] To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • appease — (v.) c.1300 to reconcile, from Anglo Fr. apeser, O.Fr. apaisier to pacify, make peace, appease, be reconciled, placate (12c.), from the phrase a paisier bring to peace, from a to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + pais, from L. pacem (nom. pax) peace (see …   Etymology dictionary

  • appease — index allay, assuage, disarm (set at ease), mitigate, moderate (temper), mollify, pacify …   Law dictionary

  • appease — *pacify, placate, mollify, propitiate, conciliate Analogous words: assuage, alleviate, mitigate, lighten, *relieve: *palliate, extenuate: *satisfy, content Antonyms: exasperate, aggravate Contrasted words: perturb, upset, disturb, * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • appease — [v] satisfy, pacify allay, alleviate, assuage, be enough, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, make matters up, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quench …   New thesaurus

  • appease — ► VERB ▪ placate (someone) by agreeing to their demands. DERIVATIVES appeasement noun appeaser noun. ORIGIN Old French apaisier, from pais peace …   English terms dictionary

  • appease — [ə pēz′] vt. appeased, appeasing [ME apaisen < OFr apaisier < a , to + pais < L pax, PEACE] 1. to pacify or quiet, esp. by giving in to the demands of 2. to satisfy or relieve [water appeases thirst] SYN. PACIFY appeasable adj. appeaser …   English World dictionary

  • appease — appeasable, adj. appeasableness, n. appeasably, adv. appeasement, n. appeaser, n. appeasingly, adv. /euh peez /, v.t., appeased, appeasing. 1. to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pa …   Universalium

  • appease — ap•pease [[t]əˈpiz[/t]] v. t. peased, peas•ing 1) to bring to a state of calm; pacify: to appease an angry king[/ex] 2) to satisfy; relieve: The fruit appeased his hunger[/ex] 3) gov to yield to the demands of in a conciliatory effort, sometimes… …   From formal English to slang

  • appease — [[t]əpi͟ːz[/t]] appeases, appeasing, appeased VERB (disapproval) If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want. [V n] Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the… …   English dictionary

  • appease — verb 1) an attempt to appease his critics Syn: conciliate, placate, pacify, mollify, propitiate, reconcile, win over See note at pacify Ant: provoke, inflame 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

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