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Synonyms for appease
əˈpizap·pease
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Wiktionary
appeaseverb
Antonyms:
antagonizeappeaseverb
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
to appease the tumult of the ocean
Synonyms:
calm, quell, quiet, pacify, lull, still, placateAntonyms:
antagonizeappeaseverb
To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.
Synonyms:
mollify, propitiateAntonyms:
antagonize
English Synonyms and Antonyms
appease
Allay and alleviate are closely kindred in signification, and have been often interchanged in usage. But, in strictness, to allay is to lay to rest, quiet or soothe that which is excited; to alleviate, on the other hand, is to lighten a burden. We allay suffering by using means to soothe and tranquilize the sufferer; we alleviate suffering by doing something toward removal of the cause, so that there is less to suffer; where the trouble is wholly or chiefly in the excitement, to allay the excitement is virtually to remove the trouble; as, to allay rage or panic; we alleviate poverty, but do not allay it. Pacify, directly from the Latin, and appease, from the Latin through the French, signify to bring to peace; to mollify is to soften; to calm, quiet, or tranquilize is to make still; compose, to place together, unite, adjust to a calm and settled condition; to soothe (originally to assent to, humor) is to bring to pleased quietude. We allay excitement, appease a tumult, calm agitation, compose our feelings or countenance, pacify the quarrelsome, quiet the boisterous or clamorous, soothe grief or distress. Compare ALLEVIATE.
Synonyms:
allay, alleviate, calm, compose, mollify, pacify, quiet, soothe, still, tranquilizeAntonyms:
agitate, arouse, excite, fan, kindle, provoke, rouse, stir, stir up
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Princeton's WordNet
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntleverb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
Synonyms:
mollify, conciliate, quell, gentle, relieve, lenify, stay, placate, quench, allay, ennoble, settle, gruntle, palliate, accommodate, pacify, temper, assuage, propitiate, alleviate, slake, make up, entitle, patch up, reconcile, seasonquell, stay, appeaseverb
overcome or allay
"quell my hunger"
Synonyms:
conciliate, last out, delay, bide, stick, squelch, lenify, stay, placate, quell, gentle, abide, ride out, gruntle, persist, mollify, rest, pacify, assuage, stick around, propitiate, stay on, stay put, quench, remain, outride, continue, detainpropitiate, appeaseverb
make peace with
Synonyms:
stay, lenify, mollify, gentle, gruntle, propitiate, quell, pacify, placate, assuage, conciliate
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
appeaseverb
Synonyms:
conciliate, pacify, tranquilize, calm, propitiate, assuage, mollify, reconcile, placate, mitigate
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#241864 | palliate | |
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How to use appease in a sentence?
I don’t think it’s going to be perfect, but again, I think it was a prudent move on the tour’s part to try to appease some people that were getting their heads turned by other things.
Donald Trump – his Big Lie has enveloped the Republican Party, and they run away from truth and honesty and fairness just to appease someone with a very authoritarian instinct.
We can never believe the Iranians one way or the other, and it’s really, really a bad policy to try and appease the Iranians because they lie right through their teeth.
Successful ... politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies.
The promise of accountability was the only check on this guy [ MBS ], now it's gone, when the President of the US goes to this murderer's hometown to appease him, he's not only glossing over his past heinous crimes with stunning impunity but enabling his future ones. It's a wink-wink nudge-nudge to commit the next crime in a cleaner, less messy fashion.
Translations for appease
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- استرArabic
- утолявам, облекчавам, укротявамBulgarian
- friedlich stimmen, besänftigenGerman
- apaciguar, aplacar, calmarSpanish
- apaiserFrench
- לפייסHebrew
- csillapítHungarian
- menenangkanIndonesian
- pacificare, calmare, placareItalian
- pācificōLatin
- whakamauruMāori
- kalmerenDutch
- stille, roeNorwegian
- apaziguarPortuguese
- astâmpăraRomanian
- умиротворять, успокаиватьRussian
- lugna, stilla, mildra, släcka, blidkaSwedish
- afikiSwahili
- batimalatamTelugu
- เอาใจThai
- nhân nhượngVietnamese
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