Appease

Verb

 * 1) To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
 * 2) To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.

Adverbs for Appease
inadequately; lightly; painstakingly; fully;completely.

Synonyms for Appease

 * calm, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, still, lull
 * mollify, propitiate
 * allay, assuage, conciliate, soothe.

Antonyms for Appease
antagonize, irritate, roil, annoy, tease, provoke, aggravate, incite.

Derived terms

 * appeaser
 * appeasement
 * appeasatory

Thesaurus
abate; allay; alleviate; anesthetize; assuage; benumb; calm; calm down; cater to; coddle; compose; conciliate; content; cool; cradle; cushion; deaden; deaden the pain; defuse; diminish; dulcify; dull; ease; ease matters; even out; extenuate; feast; feed; foment; gentle; give relief; gloss over; gratify; hush; immolate before; lay; lay the dust; lessen; lull; make propitiation; make sacrifice to; mitigate; mollify; numb; offer sacrifice; pacify; pad; palliate; pamper; placate; poultice; pour balm into; pour balm on; pour oil on; propitiate; quell; quench; quiet; reduce; regale; relieve; rest; rock; rock to sleep; sacrifice; salve; sate; satiate; satisfy; slacken; slake; smooth; smooth down; smooth over; smoothen; soften; soothe; spoil; stabilize; steady; still; stupe; subdue; sweeten; tranquilize; whitewash

Etymology
From apesen: <  apeser: < a: + pais:, modification of French paix:; see peace.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: укротявам, облекчавам,  утолявам
 * Dutch:
 * French: apaiser
 * Hebrew: לפייס
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Latin:
 * Nahuatl: yolceuiz


 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: умировтворять, успокаивать
 * Spanish:, calmar, aplacar
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: batimalatam