Definition of APPEASER

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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 To appease a global fan base that may worry about the brand’s image and future of the legendary sports car maker, VT Holdings CEO Kazuho Takahashi reinforced its pledge to honor the brand’s legacy and protect Caterham’s future. — Peter Lyon, Forbes, "British Icon Caterham Cars Acquired By Japanese Automotive Group," 7 Apr. 2021 Committed to bipartisanship, Biden will want to appease both sides of the aisle, avoiding any comparisons to Trump on the left as well as any criticism of mishandling immigration on the right. — Marie Solis, Fortune, "Immigration reform is about to become a hot button political issue once again as COVID gets under control," 16 Mar. 2021 Gestures like Major League Baseball moving the All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver to protest Georgia’s new ballot law won’t appease today’s Democrats. — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, "Republicans Are Too Subservient to Corporate America to Wage War on “Woke Capitalism”," 8 Apr. 2021 My brother would move to the state where her family resides only in order to appease her. — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, "Dear Abby: Best friend calls police when man threatens suicide," 30 Mar. 2021 Earlier this week, the junta also released more than 600 mostly young protesters who had been detained in Yangon, in a seeming effort to appease the movement. — New York Times, "Beaten, Cuffed, Hauled Away: When Myanmar’s Military Comes Knocking," 26 Mar. 2021 Despite it’s underwhelming release, rumors began to circulate around Hollywood that the film’s director, Zack Snyder, had been cueing up a director’s cut version of the blockbuster superhero team-up that would appease those fans. — oregonlive, "Justice League Zack Snyder cut releases today on HBO Max | How to watch without cable, plus a look at the cast," 18 Mar. 2021 In the second proposal, announced Sunday morning in an attempt to appease legislative leaders, Cuomo asked James and the state’s chief appeals court judge, Janet DiFiore, to jointly appoint a lawyer to investigate and issue a public report. — Time, "New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Says His Behavior Has Been Misinterpreted as 'Unwanted Flirtation'," 1 Mar. 2021 In the second proposal, announced Sunday morning in an attempt to appease legislative leaders, Cuomo asked James and the state's chief appeals court judge, Janet DiFiore, to jointly appoint a lawyer to investigate and issue a public report. — Karen Matthews And Marina Villeneuve, Star Tribune, "Cuomo sorry for remarks aide 'misinterpreted' as harassment," 28 Feb. 2021

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