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appease
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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.

[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).]

ap·peasa·ble adj.
ap·peasa·bly adv.
ap·peaser n.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.appease - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
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"
fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or need
3.appease - make peace with
conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle, make up - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

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

appease [əˈpiːz] vtapaiser, calmer

appease [əˈpiːz] vtbeschwichtigen

appease [əˈpiːz] vtcalmare, appagare

appease
v appease [əˈpiːz]
to calm or satisfy (a person, desire etc) usually by giving what was asked for or is needed She appeased his curiosity by explaining the situation to him. paai يُهَدِّئ ، يُسَكِّـن успокоявам uklidnit, uspokojit tilfredsstille; berolige; dæmpe; forsone beschwichtigen κατευνάζω aplacar, satisfacer, saciar vaigistama فرو نشاندن؛ دلجویی کردن tyydyttää apaiser לְרָצוֹת, לְפַייס तुष्ट करना zadovoljiti lecsillapít memenuhi, menenangkan, meredakan sefa placare; appagare なだめる 진정시키다, 만족시키다 nuraminti, numalšinti nomierināt; apmierināt menenangkan bevredigen tilfredsstille; berolige, dempe uspokajać, zaspokajać acalmar a domoli успокаивать utíšiť pomiriti zadovoljiti lugna, stilla, blidka ทำให้สงบ; พะเน้าพะนอ yatıştırmak, sakinleştirmek 平息;滿足 заспокоювати; примиряти تشفی کرنا ، làm yên lòng 平息
n apˈpeasement
gepaai تَهْدَئِة، تَسْكين успокояване uklidnění, uspokojení eftergivenhed; forsoning die Beschwichtigung κατευνασμός apaciguamiento, satisfacción lepitamine, rahusobitus دلجویی؛ آرام سازی tyydyttäminen apaisement פִּיוּס तुष्टिकरण popustljivost megbékítés penenangan fróun, friðun appagamento なだめること 진정 numaldymas, numalšinimas nomierināšana; apmierināšana ketenangan bevrediging, verzoening forsoning zaspokojenie apaziguamento liniştire умиротворение utíšenie, upokojenie pomiritev smirenje lugnande, stillande การพะเน้าพะนอ yatıştırma, sakinleştirme 平息;綏靖 заспокоєння, примирення تشفی ، تسکین sự nhân nhượng 平息;绥靖


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Re ``Rumsfeld likens critics to appeasers of Nazis'' (Aug.
DEMAGOGUES TO THE RIGHT OF THEM, appeasers to the left of them, media in front of them, volleying and thundering.
It is an outcome the president's critics foresaw from the very beginning, only to be denounced as appeasers.
 
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