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Definitions for Appease

[1] to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
[2] to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger.
[3] 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.
[4] to calm, pacify, or soothe, esp by acceding to the demands of
[5] to satisfy or quell (an appetite or thirst, etc)

Words related to Appease

mitigate, placate, assuage, lessen, soften, soothe, quell, calm, alleviate, mollify, allay, blunt, gratify, compose, subdue, do, quench, conciliate, ease, serve

Words nearby Appease

appealing, appear, appear as, appearance, appearance money, appease, appeasement, appel, appellant, appellate, appellate division

Origin of Appease

1300–50; Middle English apesen < Anglo-French apeser, Old French apais(i)er, equivalent to a- a-5 + paisi- peace + -er infinitive suffix

Other words from Appease

ap·peas·a·ble , adjective
ap·peas·a·ble·ness , noun
ap·peas·a·bly , adverb
ap·pease·ment , noun
ap·peas·er , noun
ap·peas·ing·ly , adverb
non·ap·peas·a·ble , adjective
non·ap·peas·ing , adjective
un·ap·peas·a·ble , adjective
un·ap·peas·a·bly , adverb
un·ap·peased , adjective
un·ap·peas·ing , adjective
un·ap·peas·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Appease

C16: from Old French apaisier, from pais peace, from Latin pax

Synonyms for Appease

allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, calm, lessen, mitigate, mollify, placate, quell, soften, soothe, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do, ease, gratify, lull, propitiate, quench, quiet, serve, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize, be enough, make matters up, meet halfway, patch things up