appease

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈpiːz/

Verb

appease (appeases, present participle appeasing; past and past participle appeased)

1. 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

   to appease the tumult of the ocean

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     'First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'

2. To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.

   Synonyms: mollify, propitiate

   They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.

Antonyms

• antagonize

Translations

• French: apaiser
• German: besänftigen, friedlich stimmen
• Italian: placare, pacificare, calmare, pacificare
• Portuguese: apaziguar
• Russian: умиротворя́ть
• Spanish: apaciguar, calmar, aplacar

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