appease
to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger.
to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles.
Origin of appease
1synonym study For appease
Other words for appease
Opposites for appease
Other words from appease
- ap·peas·a·ble, adjective
- ap·peas·a·ble·ness, noun
- ap·peas·a·bly, adverb
- ap·pease·ment, noun
- ap·peas·er, noun
- ap·peas·ing·ly, adverb
- non·ap·peas·a·ble, adjective
- non·ap·peas·ing, adjective
- un·ap·peas·a·ble, adjective
- un·ap·peas·a·bly, adverb
- un·ap·peased, adjective
- un·ap·peas·ing, adjective
- un·ap·peas·ing·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for appease
/ (əˈpiːz) /
to calm, pacify, or soothe, esp by acceding to the demands of
to satisfy or quell (an appetite or thirst, etc)
Origin of appease
1Derived forms of appease
- appeasable, adjective
- appeaser, noun
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