Word:
Appease
Status:
Verb
Meaning:
To make (someone) pleased or less angry by giving or saying something desired : to make (a pain, a problem, etc.) less painful or troubling
Sentences:
1) They appeased the dictator by accepting his demands in an effort to avoid war.
2) I appeased my hunger by eating a pizza in the morning.
Origin:
Middle English appesen, from Anglo-French apeser, apaiser, from Latin apais which means 'at peace'.
First use:
14th century
Synonyms:
pacify, assuage, conciliate, disarm, gentle, placate, mollify, propitiate, subside, allay
Antonyms:
anger, incense, enrage, inflame/enflame, infuriate, ire, madden, outrage
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