appease
Verb
Verb Forms: appeased, appeasing, appeases
- To pacify or placate someone by acceding to their demands.
- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- overcome or allay
- make peace with
- To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
- To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
Examples
- He played a low-scoring word to appease his opponent, hiding his game-winning tiles.
- They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.
- to appease the tumult of the ocean
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser (“to pacify, bring to peace”).
Synonyms
assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, stay, calm, lull, quiet, still
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
appease: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordappease: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
appease: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary