Definition of APPEASE

Other Words from appease

appeasable \ -ˈpē-zə-bəl

\ adjective

appeasement \ -ˈpēz-mənt

\ noun

appeaser noun

Choose the Right Synonym for appease

pacify, appease, placate, mollify, propitiate, conciliate mean to ease the anger or disturbance of. pacify suggests a soothing or calming. pacified by a sincere apology appease implies quieting insistent demands by making concessions. appease their territorial ambitions placate suggests changing resentment or bitterness to goodwill. a move to placate local opposition mollify implies soothing hurt feelings or rising anger. a speech that mollified the demonstrators propitiate implies averting anger or malevolence especially of a superior being. propitiated his parents by dressing up conciliate suggests ending an estrangement by persuasion, concession, or settling of differences. conciliating the belligerent nations

Examples of appease in a Sentence

But I imagine he and his siblings, who profited handsomely from the sale, have mixed emotions. They may be sad they had to sell, yet relieved that they are no longer under pressure to appease Wall Street's demand for growth and profits. — James Laube, Wine Spectator, 31 Mar. 2005 The first is that, in affluent America, mothering has gone from an art to a cult, with devotees driving themselves to ever more baroque extremes to appease the goddess of perfect motherhood. — Judith Shulevitz, New York Times Book Review, 20 Feb. 2005 It was last summer, and Gingell, then Sun Microsystems's chief software engineer, had an excuse: His twin-engine Cessna had broken down, and he'd lost track of time while he gabbed on the phone with his mechanic. That wasn't likely to appease Sun's famously tart-tongued CEO, Scott McNealy, who was getting his introductory briefing on a vital new technology initiative that happened to be Gingell's brainchild. — Erick Schonfeld, Business 2.0, September 2002 The California legislature's solution to this seemingly intractable problem was a politically appealing package with features to appease both utility investors and ratepayers. — Benjamin A. Holden, Wall Street Journal, 19 Feb. 1997 They appeased the dictator by accepting his demands in an effort to avoid war. His critics were not appeased by this last speech. They made sacrifices to appease the gods. We had no way to appease our hunger.

Recent Examples on the Web

Tencent began rolling out titles in this category last year to try to appease critics who lambasted its games for inappropriate content, said Chenyu Cui, a senior research analyst at IHS Markit. — Shan Li, WSJ, "Tencent Wins Approval For Two Titles After Gaming Freeze in China," 24 Jan. 2019 That may be enough to appease some Brexit voters, given that net migration of EU citizens has already fallen more than half since the referendum. — The Economist, "Britain is heading for a soft Brexit," 16 June 2018 The safer option would be to hold on to the pick, draft a relatively proven wing in the draft, and hope that’s enough to appease James. — Ben Ladner, SI.com, "Cleveland Cavaliers Offseason Preview: Will LeBron James Stay or Go?," 10 June 2018 The move wasn’t enough to appease some of the bank’s most prominent critics, who’ve demanded the board push out all members who were on the panel when employees created as many as 3.5 million fake accounts. — Laura J Keller, Bloomberg.com, "Wells Fargo's Critics Unappeased as Four Directors to Leave," 2 Mar. 2018 That hasn't been enough to appease customers who filed lawsuits over it — or fully satisfy some of the loyal Apple customers who fixed their battery problem prior to the latest offer by buying a new phone. — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, "iPhone slowing? Now there's also a wait to fix it," 5 Jan. 2018 These self-interested opportunists have support from ideologues in places like the Vatican, which has been an advocate of appeasing Mr. Maduro. — Mary Anastasia O’grady, WSJ, "Power and Money in Venezuela," 10 Feb. 2019 Since then, Uber has been making efforts to appease the regulator, as well as concerned drivers, and the public at large. — Kaye Wiggins, Bloomberg.com, "Flanked by its Drivers, Uber Girds for a Battle in London Courts," 25 June 2018 Per Bloomberg, keeping the three-year-old mercury rules intact while weakening the justification behind them is the Trump administration's attempt to appease both sides of this issue. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "EPA to keep Obama-era mercury rules, but make it harder to tighten them," 26 Dec. 2018

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