Synonyms of appeasing

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adjective

as in placating

tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility

we had been feuding with the people next door, so inviting them to the party was intended as an appeasing gesture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• placating
• conciliatory
• soothing
• benevolent
• placatory
• comforting
• mollifying
• propitiatory
• peaceful
• conciliating
• calming
• pacific
• kind
• pacifying
• quieting
• disarming
• satisfying
• relaxing
• gentle
• kindly
• winning
• peacemaking
• ingratiating
• obliging
• passive
• endearing
• peaceable
• tranquilizing
• amiable
• surrendering
• unassertive
• winsome
• submissive
• unaggressive
• good-natured
• yielding
• nonbelligerent
• lulling
• amicable
• agreeable
• affable
• genial
• good-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• provoking
• nagging
• aggravating
• inflammatory
• irritating
• annoying
• frustrating
• antagonizing
• offensive
• provocative
• vexing
• irksome
• maddening
• engaging
• exasperating
• abrasive
• hostile
• galling
• infuriating
• riling
• rankling
• antagonistic
• inimical
• nettling
• aggressive
• belligerent
• nettlesome
• unfriendly
• inhospitable
• military
• chafing
• antipathetic
• confrontational
• combative
• assertive
• unsympathetic
• incensing
• bellicose
• truculent
• pugnacious
• quarrelsome
• militant
• warlike
• argumentative
• contentious
• militaristic
• agonistic
• martial
• scrappy

appeasing

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verb

present participle of appease

as in comforting

to lessen the anger or agitation of

a game often appeases an upset toddler

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comforting
• placating
• pleasing
• calming
• soothing
• consoling
• propitiating
• pacifying
• mollifying
• conciliating
• assuaging
• disarming
• delighting
• satisfying
• quieting
• gentling
• contenting
• coaxing
• ingratiating
• tranquilizing
• humoring
• gratifying
• indulging
• cajoling
• satiating
• hushing
• gladdening
• flattering
• quenching
• spoiling
• wheedling
• endearing (to)
• sating
• catering (to)
• coddling
• adulating
• pampering
• babying
• mollycoddling
• overpraising
• sweetening
• sweet-talking
• blarneying
• blandishing
• dulcifying
• soft-soaping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• angering
• inflaming
• antagonizing
• getting
• bothering
• outraging
• enraging
• incensing
• infuriating
• crossing
• maddening
• aggravating
• riling
• irritating
• bugging
• irking
• provoking
• annoying
• rankling
• burning (up)
• ruffling
• roiling
• grating
• piquing
• exasperating
• iring
• chafing
• vexing
• putting out
• nettling
• harassing
• galling
• rousing
• persecuting
• pestering
• harrying
• agitating
• worrying
• upsetting
• disturbing
• insulting
• distressing
• fretting
• perturbing
• offending
• peeving
• slighting
• discomforting
• unsettling
• affronting
• unhinging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of appeasing

Verb

Interest—from both visitors and islanders—is gently shifting away from polishing playboy yachts or appeasing the decadent whims of retirees, to something, well, more real. — Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026

But for most Republican members of Congress, appeasing Trump remains key to primary and electoral success. — Sorelle Wyckoff Gaynor, The Conversation, 17 July 2026

There’s been potential discrepancies and a few ballots the machines have declined, but the board has unanimously voted to just make duplicates of those ballots with the same result, appeasing the tabulators. — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026

Tauruses usually follow the rules and do what is suggested to thrive and prosper because appeasing others is easier than arguing. — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

With the Ambassador Bridge and the tunnel being the current passageway, the economist said the Gordie Howe Bridge will alleviate the backups businesses have been seeing and are trying to avoid, while appeasing the many employees who travel back and forth for work. — Julia Avant, CBS News, 15 June 2026

Over the past months, Iranian officials have tried to carefully balance negotiations with Trump while appeasing factions across the country’s diverse political landscape, including the Paydari group. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 14 June 2026

Court life required appeasing those in power, often rulers with little understanding of music. — Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

Cuba’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, publicly acknowledged discussions between the two governments last week and pledged a series of reforms aimed at appeasing Washington, a concession that indicated both the urgency of the domestic crisis and the vulnerability of the regime. — Sarah Fitzpatrick, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026