appease

ap·pease  (-pz)

tr.v. ap·peased, ap·peas·ing, ap·peas·es

1. To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe.

2. To satisfy or relieve: appease one's thirst.

3. To pacify or attempt to pacify (an enemy) by granting concessions, often at the expense of principle. See Synonyms at pacify.

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[Middle English appesen, from Old French apesier : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + pais, peace (from Latin px; see pag- in Indo-European roots).]

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ap·peasa·ble adj.

ap·peasa·bly adv.

ap·peaser n.

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appease

Verb

[-peasing, -peased]

1. to pacify (someone) by yielding to his or her demands

2. to satisfy or relieve (a feeling) [Old French apaisier]

appeasement n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	appease - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
	2.	appease - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" quell, stay fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or need
	3.	appease - make peace with propitiate conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle, make up - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

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appease

verb 1. pacify, satisfy, calm, soothe, quiet, placate, mollify, conciliate << OPPOSITE anger

verb 2. ease, satisfy, calm, relieve, diminish, compose, quiet, blunt, soothe, subdue, lessen, alleviate, lull, quell, allay, mitigate, assuage, quench, tranquillize

Translations

appease [əˈpiːz] vt (= pacify) → apaciguar (= satisfy); satisfacer

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appease [əˈpiːz] vt → apaiser, calmer

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appease [əˈpiːz] vt → beschwichtigen

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appease [əˈpiːz] vt → calmare, appagare