单词 | appease |
释义 | appease[ uh-peez ] / əˈpiz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR appease ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), ap·peased, ap·peas·ing.to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king. to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger. 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. Origin of appease1300–50; Middle English apesen<Anglo-French apeser,Old French apais(i)er, equivalent to a-a-5 + paisi-peace + -er infinitive suffix SYNONYMS FOR appease1 calm, placate. SEE SYNONYMS FOR appease ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR appease1 enrage. 2 increase, arouse, sharpen. 3 defy. SEE ANTONYMS FOR appease ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for appease3. Appease, conciliate, propitiate imply trying to preserve or obtain peace. To appease is to make anxious overtures and often undue concessions to satisfy the demands of someone with a greed for power, territory, etc.: Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler at Munich. To conciliate is to win an enemy or opponent over by displaying a willingness to be just and fair: When mutual grievances are recognized, conciliation is possible. To propitiate is to admit a fault, and, by trying to make amends, to allay hostile feeling: to propitiate an offended neighbor. OTHER WORDS FROM appeaseWords nearby appeaseappeal play, appear, appearance, appearance money, appear as, appease, appeasement, appel, appellant, appellate, appellate division Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for appeaseBritish Dictionary definitions for appeaseappease / (əˈpiːz) / verb (tr)to calm, pacify, or soothe, esp by acceding to the demands of to satisfy or quell (an appetite or thirst, etc) Derived forms of appeaseappeasable, adjectiveappeaser, nounWord Origin for appeaseC16: from Old French apaisier, from pais peace, from Latin pax Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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