vverb.emotioncause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will ofSynset:appease assuage conciliate gentle gruntle lenify mollify pacify placate
Examples:- She managed to mollify the angry customer
Derivationally Related Form:mollificationplacatoryplacationpeaceplacativeconciliationappeasableconciliatorpacifierconciliativepacification
Hypernyms:calm calm down lull quiet quieten still tranquilize tranquillise tranquillize
Inherited Hypernyms:pacifycalmcomfort
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: mollify, placate, pacify, assuage, appease, conciliate)
vverb.consumptionovercome or allaySynset:appease quell stay
Hypernyms:conform to fill fit fulfil fulfill meet satisfy
Inherited Hypernyms:quellfitprovidegivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something ---s somebody
vverb.communicationmake peace withSynset:appease propitiate
Derivationally Related Form:propitiatorypropitiativeappeaserpropitiationappeasable
Hypernyms:conciliate make up patch up reconcile settle
Inherited Hypernyms:propitiatereconcileagree
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
adj satadj.allintended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessionsSynset:placating placative placatory
Examples:- the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich
- placating (or placative) gestures
- an astonishingly placatory speech
Antonyms:antagonistic
Derivationally Related Form:placate
Inherited Hypernyms:appeasing
Similar to:conciliative conciliatory