appease

[ uh-peez ]

/ əˈpiz /

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verb (used with object), ap·peased, ap·peas·ing.

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR appease

1 calm, placate.

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OPPOSITES FOR appease

1 enrage.

2 increase, arouse, sharpen.

3 defy.

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Origin of appease

1300–50; Middle English apesen<Anglo-French apeser,Old French apais(i)er, equivalent to a-a-⁵ + paisi-peace + -er infinitive suffix

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3. Appease, conciliate, propitiate imply trying to preserve or obtain peace. To appease is to make anxious overtures and often undue concessions to satisfy the demands of someone with a greed for power, territory, etc.: Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler at Munich. To conciliate is to win an enemy or opponent over by displaying a willingness to be just and fair: When mutual grievances are recognized, conciliation is possible. To propitiate is to admit a fault, and, by trying to make amends, to allay hostile feeling: to propitiate an offended neighbor.

OTHER WORDS FROM appease

ap·peas·a·ble, adjectiveap·peas·a·ble·ness, nounap·peas·a·bly, adverbap·pease·ment, noun

ap·peas·er, nounap·peas·ing·ly, adverbnon·ap·peas·a·ble, adjectivenon·ap·peas·ing, adjectiveun·ap·peas·a·ble, adjectiveun·ap·peas·a·bly, adverbun·ap·peased, adjectiveun·ap·peas·ing, adjectiveun·ap·peas·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby appease

appeal play, appear, appearance, appearance money, appear as, appease, appeasement, appel, appellant, appellate, appellate division

How to use appease in a sentence

That came just days after Atkins amended the bill to appease opponents concerned it would increase real estate speculation by adding an owner-occupancy requirement.
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The idea here is to appease disgruntled customers and boost the overall star rating, which can bolster sales velocity.
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So we’re providing accounts from seven agents, many of whom describe the experience of being caught between abusive callers and corporate directives to appease.
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Some critics have accused President Moon of appeasing Kim Jong Un.
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The situation has left Adidas and numerous other companies trying to walk the line of appeasing China’s large and valuable audience of shoppers while professing a zero-tolerance policy for forced labor to customers in the US and Europe.
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The more we appease, the more we indulge, the more emboldened the enemies of freedom become.
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Or maybe Alibaba is doing what other companies are doing in China: gagging itself and its customers to appease the apparatchiks.
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Teasers to Reverse Flash and Crisis on Infinite Earths will appease geeky fanboys.
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Plus, on cable you no longer have to whitewash the story and appease the masses, so the narratives are getting more interesting.
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They were drafting to build teams, not to appease fan bases or score easy ticket sales.
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In the time of destruction they shall pour out their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him that made them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Some affirm that he wrote to please royalty, but if so why did he not condemn the custom to appease the wrath of a sapient king.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
This policy is necessary to appease the opposition that might be interposed in their behalf.
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States|Martin R. Delany
An angry controversy resulted, to appease which Theodosius the younger assembled the Council of Ephesus.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
Andrea held up her hand to appease the patrician, whose exaggeration annulled his superiority.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas

British Dictionary definitions for appease

appease

/ (əˈpiːz) /

verb (tr)

to calm, pacify, or soothe, esp by acceding to the demands of

to satisfy or quell (an appetite or thirst, etc)

Derived forms of appease

appeasable, adjectiveappeaser, noun

Word Origin for appease

C16: from Old French apaisier, from pais peace, from Latin pax

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