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

Gilbert has gone above and beyond financial barriers to appease James, but the well could be running dry. — CBS News, "LeBron James arrives in L.A. hours before he becomes a free agent," 30 June 2018 The head tax negotiated by Mayor Jenny Durkan and passed unanimously by the council last month was lowered to an amount that Durkan hoped would appease Amazon. — Author: Vianna Davila, Benjamin Romano, Anchorage Daily News, "Businesses get a win on head tax, but solution to Seattle homelessness crisis still elusive," 12 June 2018 That also means appeasing the city regulators and residents alike who are concerned with scooters stacking up in specific locations and creating piles of unused scooters. — Johana Bhuiyan, Recode, "This is how Lime moves around and charges their dockless scooters in San Francisco," 20 May 2018 After the season, the owners began discussing how to tweak their anthem policy to appease fans who sided with the President, while leaving room for the players to continue to express themselves. — Ken Belson, New York Times, "N.F.L. Players Association Files Grievance Over Anthem Policy," 10 July 2018 Shortly after Sessions spoke Wednesday morning in Sacramento to law enforcement officials at a conference, Brown accused Sessions of lying and trying to appease President Donald Trump. — St. John Barned-smith, Houston Chronicle, "Houston law enforcement leaders bash Trump's immigration policy," 17 June 2018 Get our daily newsletter The board tried to appease shareholders at WPP’s annual general meeting on June 13th. — The Economist, "Sir Martin Sorrell gets a golden goodbye from WPP," 14 June 2018 To appease fans of its handy fingerprint sensor gestures on previous Z phones, Moto has crafted an on-screen gesture slider on the bottom of the screen that will let pro users save some real estate. — Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, "Moto Sticks to Its Mods With the Z3 Play," 6 June 2018 The team has tried several initiatives this offseason to appease fans, including dropping some concession prices and touting renovations at the stadium. — Katherine Fominykh, baltimoresun.com, "Ravens fans take issue with new NFL national anthem policy," 24 May 2018

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