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ALL meanings of appease

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  • verb appease If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want. 3
  • verb appease to calm, pacify, or soothe, esp by acceding to the demands of 3
  • verb appease to satisfy or quell (an appetite or thirst, etc) 3
  • verb transitive appease to pacify or quiet, esp. by giving in to the demands of 3
  • verb transitive appease to satisfy or relieve 3
  • transitive verb appease to calm sb 1
  • transitive verb appease avoid conflict 1
  • transitive verb appease to avoid conflict 1
  • transitive verb appease hunger, etc.: satisfy 1
  • verb with object appease to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king. 1
  • verb with object appease to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger. 1
  • verb with object appease to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles. 1
  • noun appease Pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands. 1
  • verb appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred). 0
  • verb appease To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of. 0
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