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verb
- 1. pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands: "amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups" Similar Opposite
- 2. assuage or satisfy (a demand or a feeling): "we give to charity because it appeases our guilt" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of APPEASE is pacify, conciliate; especially : to make concessions to (someone, such as an aggressor or a critic) often at the sacrifice of principles. How to use appease in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Appease.
(in arguments or war) to prevent further disagreement by giving to the other side something that they have demanded: They questioned whether, in his desire to appease the conservatives in his own party, the president was selling out to them. (Definition of appease from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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.
Appease definition: to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe. See examples of APPEASE used in a sentence.
To appease is to make anxious overtures and often undue concessions to satisfy someone's demands: Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler at Munich. To conciliate is to win over an enemy or opponent by friendly gestures and a willingness to cooperate: to conciliate an opposing faction.
to prevent further disagreement or fighting by letting the opposing side have something that they want: He was a crucial ally who the country needed to appease. They were given a small pay raise but this was not enough to appease them. The show diversified its cast to appease the critics. Synonyms.
Appease means to make or preserve peace with a nation, group, or person by giving in to their demands, or to relieve a problem, as in "the cold drink appeased his thirst."
Sep 18, 2024 · appease (third-person singular simple present appeases, present participle appeasing, simple past and past participle appeased) To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred). Synonyms: calm, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, still, lull
appease somebody to make somebody calmer or less angry by giving them what they want. The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
Appease Definition. To placate or attempt to placate (a threatening nation, for example) by granting concessions, often at the expense of principle. To pacify or quiet, esp. by giving in to the demands of. To calm, soothe, or quiet (someone). Appeased the baby with a pacifier.
