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appease
Overview of verb appease
The verb appease has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle -- (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer")
2. (1) quell, stay, appease -- (overcome or allay; "quell my hunger")
3. (1) propitiate, appease -- (make peace with)
Grep of noun appease
appeasement
appeaser
Antonyms of verb appease
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb appease
3 senses of appease
Sense 1
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
=> calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
=> comfort, soothe, console, solace
Sense 2
quell, stay, appease
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
propitiate, appease
=> reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
=> agree, hold, concur, concord
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb appease
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb appease
3 senses of appease
Sense 1
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
=> calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
Sense 2
quell, stay, appease
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
Sense 3
propitiate, appease
=> reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
'Cause To' of verb appease
Derived Forms of verb appease
2 of 3 senses of appease
Sense 1
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
RELATED TO>(adj) appeasable#1
=> appeasable, conciliable
Sense 3
propitiate, appease
RELATED TO>(adj) appeasable#1
=> appeasable, conciliable
RELATED TO>(noun) appeaser#1
=> appeaser
Domain of verb appease
Domain Terms of verb appease
Familiarity of verb appease
appease used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb appease
3 senses of appease
Sense 1
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
EX: The performance is likely to appease Sue
Sense 2
quell, stay, appease
*> Something ----s
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
propitiate, appease
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb appease
3 senses of appease
Sense 1
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
> calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
=> lull
=> compose
=> pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
=> reassure, assure
Sense 2
quell, stay, appease
> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
=> answer
=> quell, stay, appease
=> feed on, feed upon
=> quench, slake, allay, assuage
Sense 3
propitiate, appease
> reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
=> propitiate, appease
=> make peace
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb appease
Sense 1
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
=> calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
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Sense 2
quell, stay, appease
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
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Sense 3
propitiate, appease
=> reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
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Grep of verb appease
appease
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