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appeasing

appeasing

6.3
Calming someone by agreeing to what they want
  • adjective
  • /əˈpiːzɪŋ/
translation icon : apaciguador
  • His strategy of appeasing the angry customers by offering discounts seemed to resolve the conflict quickly.

And he ends up being a mommy appeasing little boy because that's how he survives.

Examples

  • To keep the peace at the family gathering, she started appeasing her demanding relatives with extra dishes.

  • The government is often criticized for appeasing the demands of protestors instead of addressing the underlying issues.

  • So when somebody's calling them out or appeasing them, they feel entitled.

  • No quarterly earnings, no and no getting on a call with analysts and appeasing some short term narrative.

  • There are ways of appeasing those people without elevating an equally unelectable person.

  • And he ends up being a mommy appeasing little boy because that's how he survives.

  • And the problem with them is you're not just appeasing gays or just appeasing trans.

  • Instead, Ernest Bevin insist that appeasing one side will just alienate the other.

  • He tried tricking, appeasing, and battling Sun Wukong, but it had only led to more chaos.

Synonyms

disarming
vsappeasing
4 4.8

Making someone feel less angry or suspicious by being friendly

calms by giving in or making concessions rather than by friendliness
placating
vsappeasing
6.8

Trying to calm someone by giving them what they want

is identical in meaning but differs as a verb form
placatory
vsappeasing
8.0

Trying to calm someone by giving them what they want

has the same meaning but is a different adjective form
placative
vsappeasing
8.5

Meant to calm someone by saying or doing things to please them

shares meaning but is a less common adjective form

Antonyms

112 6.7

Causes a strong reaction, for example anger or lively talk

How Pacifying

conciliatory
20 7.7
appeasing
6.3
soothing
81 2.9
calming
6 2.6
reassuring
78 3.1

Surface Forms

appeasing positive

Morphology

appeasing = appease (transparent) = appease + ing

Formed from the verb 'appease' with the adjectival/participial suffix '-ing', so the meaning 'tending to pacify' is directly derived.

Etymology

Appeasing comes from an old French verb appease that meant 'bring to peace', the same idea as the English word peace. So, to be appeasing is to try to calm someone or make peace with them by giving in or softening demands.