to appease
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6.0
- verb
- /əˈpiːz/
:
satisfacer
- The university's efforts to minimize the damage did little to appease critics.
This is going to be a little bonus story to appease the true die hard scary stories fans.
- This is going to be a little bonus story to appease the true die hard scary stories fans.
- You know, yes, they'll do more things to appease China.
- They, they are doing more than they have to to appease the right.
- You try to find some way to compromise your true desires to appease him and get him back in your life.
- So John's more tactical, which appeases me.
- And, and, and, but I make sure I don't pull punches like I used to by sort of appeasing the people that I'm around.
- So I don't have to have someone on to provide the sort of mainstream narrative just to appease the regulators, if you see what I mean.
- That gift of freedom with which the miserable creature is born, he alone can take over the freedom of of people who appeases their conscience.
- They can bestow riches, fertility, and much wealth, but if not adequately appeased, they can also bestow the deadly snake bite.
- A lot of us try to change in order to appease everything around us, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
- And then you've even got in that mix the concerns of stockholders now for the company like, well, you know, we're just going to do this because it will appease the stockholders.
- It is a little gift that I gave her to appease her from from stuff.
- So Trump is scrambling to a fee to appease his farmer base.
- Others suggest he was wanted to kind of appease his sponsors at Carnegie.
- No other behavior you try to engage in to please them or appease them works consistently.
Examples
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We are driven to buy ever-increasing amounts of items to appease our insatiable appetites for stuff.
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I think Biden has got to appease the left, the far left of his base.
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No other behavior you try to engage in to please them or appease them works consistently.
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A lot of us try to change in order to appease everything around us, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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You try to find some way to compromise your true desires to appease him and get him back in your life.
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Still, I agreed to meet with them in person, in part to appease her, but also to satisfy the curiosities of my lineage.
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To appease her friend's anger, she apologized for being late.
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The manager decided to appease the upset customers by offering a discount.
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He bought flowers to appease his wife after forgetting their anniversary.
Synonyms
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2.0
Make someone happy by meeting their need or wish
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7.0
To make someone less angry by saying or doing something kind
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7.7
To make a bad feeling, pain, or worry less strong
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3.9
To calm someone by being kind or friendly
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4.6
To please someone or make them feel happy
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5.2
To calm someone who is angry or upset
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7.1
To make someone feel they have had enough to eat or drink
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7.2
To make someone less angry or upset
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6.8
To make thirst or a strong physical need less
To make someone feel calmer or less angry
Antonyms
How Calming
Surface Forms
Etymology
Appease comes from the idea of making 'peace' and links to words such as peace and pacify. So to appease a hunger or desire is to give it something it wants to make the feeling less strong.