appease

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. cause to be more favorably inclined;
gain the good will of (Freq. 2)
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
• Syn:
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, mollify,
placate, gentle, gruntle
• Derivationally related forms:
placative (for: placate), placatory (for: placate), placation (for: placate), mollification (for: mollify), appeasable, conciliative (for: conciliate), conciliation (for: conciliate), conciliator (for: conciliate), pacification (for: pacify), peace (for: pacify), pacifier (for: pacify)
• Hypernyms:
calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize,
tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to appease Sue
2. overcome or allay (Freq. 1)
- quell my hunger
• Syn:
quell, stay
• Hypernyms:
meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something ----s somebody
3. make peace with (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
propitiate
• Derivationally related forms:
appeasable, appeaser, propitiative (for: propitiate), propitiatory (for: propitiate), propitiation (for: propitiate)
• Hypernyms:
reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  propitiate, quell, stay, pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle