US /əˈpiz/ UK /əˈpiːz/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to pacify or placate by acceding to demands

    They tried to appease the angry crowd with promises.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to pacify or placate by... pacifyplacatemollifyconciliatesootheassuagepropitiate
Word family
Forms appeasinglyunappeasable
Derived forms appeasementappeaserappeasable
Related forms peace

Etymology

From Old French apaisier ('to pacify, bring to peace'), from a- ('to') + pais ('peace'), from Latin pax ('peace').

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