appease

v.安抚,爱和,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
appease (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to bring to a state of peace or quiet - calm
2.
to cause to - subside allay appeased my hunger
3.
- pacify conciliate , especially to buy off (an ) by concessions usually at the sacrifice of principles - aggressor pacify
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
appease (verb)
to lessen the anger or agitation of
SYNONYMS:
appease, assuage, conciliate, disarm, gentle, mollify, placate, propitiate
RELATED WORDS:
calm, comfort, console, content, hush, quiet, soothe, tranquilize ( tranquillize); endear (to), ingratiate; delight, gladden, gratify, please; adulate, blarney, flatter, overpraise, soft-soap; quench, sate, satiate, satisfy; cater (to), humor, indulge; blandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle; baby, coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil; dulcify, sweeten
NEAR ANTONYMS:
aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, cross, exasperate, gall, get, grate, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pique, put out, rankle, rile, roil, ruffle, vex; provoke, rouse; harass, harry, persecute, pester; agitate, discomfort, distress, disturb, fret, perturb, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry; affront, insult, offend, slight
anger, enrage, incense, inflame ( enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage
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