Appease

Quick meaning: Appease is a verb meaning To make quiet; to calm; to reduce (something) to a state of peace; to dispel (anger, hatred, etc.).

Meaning

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce (something) to a state of peace; to dispel (anger, hatred, etc.).

More Meanings

1. To make conciliatory offerings or concessions to (someone) in an attempt to dispel their anger, aggression, etc.; to adapt to the demands of; to come to terms with.

Example Sentences

to appease the tumult of the ocean

They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.

'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!'

It's been slowly hacked back, amid fears of escalating costs, by politicians who have also increased those costs by adding expensive structures such as tunnels to appease opponents.

Word Forms

• appeases
• appeasing
• appeased

Synonyms for appease

Depending on context, synonyms include calm, pacify, quell, quiet, still, lull.

Antonyms for appease

Common opposites include antagonize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include placate, lenify, assuage, mollify, pacify, stay.

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