appease

Intermediatezipf 3.20

Pronunciation

/əˈpiːz/(uh-PEEZ)

Part of speech

verbformal

Chinese

安抚；抚慰；姑息（通过让步来平息不满）

Definition

To calm or pacify someone by giving in to their demands; to relieve a feeling.

Word family

  • appeasement/əˈpiːzmənt/(n)绥靖/安抚

Collocations

  • appease critics
  • appease demands
  • policy of appeasement
  • appease anger

Examples

  1. 1.The company offered refunds to appease angry customers. (calm down)
  2. 2.Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler is widely criticized by historians. (giving in to demands)

Synonyms

  • pacify/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/— calm down, make peaceful
  • placate/pləˈkeɪt/— make less angry
  • mollify/ˈmɒlɪfaɪ/— soften anger, formal

Etymology

from Old French "apaisier" = to bring to peace — ad- (to) + pais (peace)