appease
pronunciation
How to pronounce appease in British English:
UK [əˈpiːz]
How to pronounce appease in American English:
US [əˈpiːz]
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- Verb:
- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- overcome or allay
- make peace with
Word Origin
- appease
- appease: see peace
- appease (v.)
- c. 1300 "to reconcile," from Anglo-French apeser, Old French apaisier "to pacify, make peace, appease, be reconciled, placate" (12c.), from the phrase a paisier "bring to peace," from a "to" (see ad-) + pais, from Latin pacem (nominative pax) "peace" (see peace). Related: Appeased; appeasing.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Mr humala has tried to appease his leftist base .
- 2. To appease the students , the college principal was fired .
- 3. This could simply be rhetoric , designed to appease a domestic audience .
- 4. If icann fails to appease these interest groups , the consequences could be severe .
- 5. The apology didn 't appease at least some of the cartoon 's critics , who said they might continue protesting today .