to appease
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5.8
- verb
- /əˈpiːz/
:
apaciguar
- And the sacrifice of a goat would appease an angry god and ensure a bountiful harvest.
- appease public opinion
- appease the public
- appease conservatives
And because of that, it's very important to appease them and not challenge them.
- And because of that, it's very important to appease them and not challenge them.
- If you do spend each and every day trying to appease this person, then they win.
- And the reason that he picked JD Vance was to appease a few billionaires, right?
- But when you appease, you enable.
- How often do we find ourselves playing smaller to appease the people around us?
- And it's so tragic, but to bring a child into the world to appease you, What?
- Thus you feel a subconscious need to appease them in the short term.
- Another is that it took many, many months to get the firmware just so to appease the Intel certification gods.
- A lot of times he's only going on those interviews to appease the woman.
- I mean, I think social media Christians are some of the harshest, toughest people to appease.
- People are still getting away with all those crimes or a lot of those crimes because they're being appeased in a lot of ways.
Examples
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In an attempt to appease the angry customers, the manager offered them discounts on their next purchase.
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The teacher tried to appease the upset students by extending the deadline for their project.
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And because of that, it's very important to appease them and not challenge them.
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If you do spend each and every day trying to appease this person, then they win.
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How often do we find ourselves playing smaller to appease the people around us?
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I agreed to meet with you just to appease them.
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We'll pretend to date to appease the parents.
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Even Congress is threatening to pass laws to appease the South.
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At the same time, the regime tried to appease public opinion.
Academic text (1991) -
For example, a woman who grew up trying to appease her critical mother may defer to the demands of others.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
28
7.0
To make someone less angry by saying or doing something kind
20
7.7
To make a bad feeling, pain, or worry less strong
15
3.9
To calm someone by being kind or friendly
11
5.2
To calm someone who is angry or upset
8
7.2
To make someone less angry or upset
2
4.2
Offer to make peace after an argument
1
9.9
To do something that makes a person or spirit less angry and more friendly
1
7.9
To stop people being angry and make them friendly again
To make someone feel calmer or less angry
Make someone feel pleased or less upset
Antonyms
How Calming
11
5.2
48
5.8
63
3.4
962
1.0
68
3.2
172
2.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Appease comes from old words that mean 'peace' and is related to words like peace and pacify. So to appease someone is to try to make 'peace' with them, often by giving them what they want to calm them.