appease
verb
1 appease
Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.
synonyms: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate.
Roget 174:
be moderate
etc.
adj.;
keep within bounds,
keep within compass;
sober down,
settle down;
keep the peace,
remit,
relent,
take in sail.
moderate,
soften,
mitigate,
temper,
accoy†;
attemper†,
contemper†;
mollify,
lenify†,
dulcify†,
dull,
take off the edge,
blunt,
obtund†,
sheathe,
subdue,
chasten;
sober down,
tone down,
smooth down;
weaken
etc.
160;
lessen
etc.
(decrease)
36;
check palliate.
tranquilize,
pacify,
assuage,
appease,
swag,
lull,
soothe,
compose,
still,
calm,
calm down,
cool,
quiet,
hush,
quell,
sober,
pacify,
tame,
damp,
lay,
allay,
rebate,
slacken,
smooth,
alleviate,
rock to sleep,
deaden,
smooth,
throw cold water on,
throw a wet blanket over,
turn off;
slake;
curb
etc.
(restrain)
751;
tame
etc.
(subjugate)
749;
smooth over;
pour oil on the waves,
pour oil on the troubled waters;
pour balm into,
mattre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.].
go out like a lamb,
roar you as gently as any sucking dove"
[Midsummer-Night's Dream].
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Roget 826:
be composed
etc.
adj..
laisser faire [Fr.],
laisser aller [Fr.];
take things easily,
take things as they come;
take it easy,
rub on,
live and let live;
take easily,
take cooly†,
take in good part;
aequam servare mentem [Lat.].
bear the brunt,
bear well;
go through,
support,
endure,
brave,
disregard.
tolerate,
suffer,
stand,
bide;
abide,
aby†;
bear with,
put up with,
take up with,
abide with;
acquiesce;
submit
etc.
(yield)
725;
submit with a good grace;
resign oneself to,
reconcile oneself to;
brook,
digest,
eat,
swallow,
pocket,
stomach.
make light of,
make the best of,
make 'a virtue of necessity'"
[Chaucer];
put a good face on,
keep one's countenance;
check
etc.
751;
check oneself.
compose,
appease
etc.
(moderate);
174;
propitiate;
repress
etc.
(restrain)
751;
render insensible
etc.
823;
overcome one's excitability,
allay one's excitability,
repress one's excitability
etc.
825;
master one's feelings.
make oneself easy;
make one's mind easy;
set one's mind at ease,
set one's mind at rest.
calm down,
cool down;
gentle;
thaw,
grow cool.
be borne,
be endured;
go down.
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Dutch: kalmeren, verzoenen, tevreden stellen, matigen, bedaren, vertederen, sussen
2 appease
3 appease
Make peace with.
synonym: propitiate.
Dutch: kalmeren, bevredigen, sussen, verzoenen
Moby 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 ... show more.
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