appease

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

pacify

soothe

calm

placate

conciliate

assuage

mollify

quiet

quieten

propitiate

allay

satisfy

still

tranquilize

comfort

reassure

silence

gentle

mitigate

tranquillize

gruntle

hush

quell

satiate

suppress

sate

overcome

coax

relieve

palliate

soften

make silent

compose

lenify

calm down

alleviate

please

weaken

wheedle

butter up

console

set at ease

attenuate

atone

bribe

entreat

stay

quiten

subdue

mortify

overthrow

pass through

patch up

persuade

preserve

press

pull down

quash

quench

reconcile

reduce

request

sedate

shoot

shoot dead

slake

slaughter

slay

sober

supplicate

surmount

sweeten

tackle

take down

temper

tempt

tranquillise

unconcerned

use up

vanquish

win over

prevail upon

humour

concilliate

propi-tiate

make content

reduce to mildness

abase

render submissive

aid

assist

attain

attemper

beat

breakdown

butcher

cajole

cater

chop

content

cool

🆒

cover

cut off

deaden

defeat

demolish

depress

dig up

diminish

disarm

discourage

dishearten

down

drop

dulcify

ease

enervate

enfeeble

entice

excavate

exhaust

give in

go through

gratify

grub

hack

heal

help

hold

hold in

humiliate

indifferent

induce

indulge

kill

🔪🩸👤

liquidate

lull

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpiːz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: apesen

In summary

From Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser (“to pacify, bring to peace”).