Appease
verb
To make someone less angry or hostile by doing something to please them.
He appeased the crying child by giving him a candy.
verb
To bring to a state of peace or tranquility.
They made sacrifices to appease the gods.
Often appears as...
- appease the gods
- appease the anger
verb
To satisfy or relieve a desire or feeling.
She ate a small snack to appease her hunger.
Often appears as...
- appease the hunger
- appease the thirst
verb
To make someone less angry or hostile by doing something to please them.
He appeased the crying child by giving him a candy.
verb
To bring to a state of peace or tranquility.
They made sacrifices to appease the gods.
Often appears as...
- appease the gods
- appease the anger
verb
To satisfy or relieve a desire or feeling.
She ate a small snack to appease her hunger.
Often appears as...
- appease the hunger
- appease the thirst
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Context
Use 'appease' when referring to reducing someone's anger in arguments or disagreements.
She tried to appease her roommate by apologizing for the noise.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Relief
'Appease' often implies a temporary fix, not solving the underlying issue.
He sought to appease his critics with a hasty press release.
Pro Tip 3/3Conciliatory Tone
'Appease' can suggest that one person is giving in to another's demands.
The manager appeased the employees by agreeing to their terms.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Context
Use 'appease' when referring to reducing someone's anger in arguments or disagreements.
She tried to appease her roommate by apologizing for the noise.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Relief
'Appease' often implies a temporary fix, not solving the underlying issue.
He sought to appease his critics with a hasty press release.
Pro Tip 3/3Conciliatory Tone
'Appease' can suggest that one person is giving in to another's demands.
The manager appeased the employees by agreeing to their terms.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Context
Use 'appease' when referring to reducing someone's anger in arguments or disagreements.
She tried to appease her roommate by apologizing for the noise.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Relief
'Appease' often implies a temporary fix, not solving the underlying issue.
He sought to appease his critics with a hasty press release.
Pro Tip 3/3Conciliatory Tone
'Appease' can suggest that one person is giving in to another's demands.
The manager appeased the employees by agreeing to their terms.
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The history of marriage...
to continue family lineages or appease restless spirits. And some tribes in Sudan maintain similar practices. Despite all these differences, a lot of marriages throughout history did have one thing in common. With crucial matters like property and reproduction at stake, they were way too important
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The danger of silence PIPE...
I spent so much of my life telling people the things they wanted to hear instead of the things they needed to, told myself I wasn't meant to be anyone's conscience because I still had to figure out being my own, so sometimes I just wouldn't say anything, appeasing ignorance with my silence,
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How technology changes...
What if right and wrong is something that can change because of technology. What if technology is moving exponentially? So as you're thinking about this concept, remember human sacrifice used to be normal and natural. It was a way of appeasing the gods. Otherwise the rain wouldn't come,
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Creature Cures PIPE...
belief that most illness is caused by witchcraft or the spirits of displeased ancestors it is the job of the sangoma as a medium between the spirit world and our own to appease the ancestors or chase away the evil forces causing the
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Creature Cures PIPE...
belief that most illness is caused by witchcraft or the spirits of displeased ancestors it is the job of the sangoma as a medium between the spirit world and our own to appease the ancestors or chase away the evil forces causing the
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Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
the instigator of play and by using play it helped alleviate pack tension thus filling a very important role to play within the family group no other position requires so much diplomacy and appeasement the better omegas ability is
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Can you solve the three...
and popularized by his colleague George Boolos, this riddle has been called the hardest logic puzzle ever. You and your team have crash-landed on an ancient planet. The only way off is to appease its three alien overlords,
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Modern Lives, Ancient...
you find stories of traditional cultures going underground to mine minerals having to appease a sort of a mine spirit like an earth spirit that protects the mind the opal mines in cooper pd still embody
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Our treatment of HIV has...
but they were also my friends. So I did. I moved out at the end of the semester. But it wasn't to appease them. It was out of respect for myself. I wasn't going to subject myself to people
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Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...
a Brahmin's ego was appeased, a woman ... was ruined, and a one-eyed monkey was left
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The history of marriage...
to continue family lineages or appease restless spirits. And some tribes in Sudan maintain similar practices. Despite all these differences, a lot of marriages throughout history did have one thing in common. With crucial matters like property and reproduction at stake, they were way too important
Video examples
The danger of silence PIPE...
I spent so much of my life telling people the things they wanted to hear instead of the things they needed to, told myself I wasn't meant to be anyone's conscience because I still had to figure out being my own, so sometimes I just wouldn't say anything, appeasing ignorance with my silence,
Video examples
How technology changes...
What if right and wrong is something that can change because of technology. What if technology is moving exponentially? So as you're thinking about this concept, remember human sacrifice used to be normal and natural. It was a way of appeasing the gods. Otherwise the rain wouldn't come,
Video examples
Creature Cures PIPE...
belief that most illness is caused by witchcraft or the spirits of displeased ancestors it is the job of the sangoma as a medium between the spirit world and our own to appease the ancestors or chase away the evil forces causing the
Video examples
Creature Cures PIPE...
belief that most illness is caused by witchcraft or the spirits of displeased ancestors it is the job of the sangoma as a medium between the spirit world and our own to appease the ancestors or chase away the evil forces causing the
Video examples
Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
the instigator of play and by using play it helped alleviate pack tension thus filling a very important role to play within the family group no other position requires so much diplomacy and appeasement the better omegas ability is
Video examples
Can you solve the three...
and popularized by his colleague George Boolos, this riddle has been called the hardest logic puzzle ever. You and your team have crash-landed on an ancient planet. The only way off is to appease its three alien overlords,
Video examples
Modern Lives, Ancient...
you find stories of traditional cultures going underground to mine minerals having to appease a sort of a mine spirit like an earth spirit that protects the mind the opal mines in cooper pd still embody
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Our treatment of HIV has...
but they were also my friends. So I did. I moved out at the end of the semester. But it wasn't to appease them. It was out of respect for myself. I wasn't going to subject myself to people
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Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...
a Brahmin's ego was appeased, a woman ... was ruined, and a one-eyed monkey was left
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Quote examples
John Kennedy
American Lawyer
The Iranians have shot down drones. They tried to destroy the Saudi oil fields. They tried to storm our embassy. So, when my Democratic friends say we need appeasement, well appeasement hasn't worked. And I think that we've learned, with respect to Iran, that weakness invites the wolves.
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Meles Zenawi
Ethiopian Statesman
It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is very interesting, and very surprising.
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Ilhan Omar
American Politician
We've become the party that wants to appease everyone and no one. And I think the only way that the Democrats become viable again is if we have people who have moral clarity and courage to say what they need to say and fight for what they need to fight for.
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Paul S. Kemp
American Author
I don't do 'political correctness,' whatever that means. I write the stories I want to write, featuring the characters I want to feature. I don't touch demographic bases to appease this group or that. I write what I want. Full stop.
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Michael Scheuer
American Public Servant
It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest.
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Jovenel Moise
Haitian Politician
The government should take all responsibility to continue with the social appeasement projects in disadvantaged neighborhoods to improve people's conditions.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Is there any pleasure in anger? Yes, if the fire of my anger appeases the ashes of my friends.
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Jason Sehorn
Let's remember, a protest isn't supposed to appease everybody.
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Phil Heath
American Athlete
You can't be around people who appease you all the time.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
The Iranians have shot down drones. They tried to destroy the Saudi oil fields. They tried to storm our embassy. So, when my Democratic friends say we need appeasement, well appeasement hasn't worked. And I think that we've learned, with respect to Iran, that weakness invites the wolves.
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Meles Zenawi
Ethiopian Statesman
It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is very interesting, and very surprising.
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Ilhan Omar
American Politician
We've become the party that wants to appease everyone and no one. And I think the only way that the Democrats become viable again is if we have people who have moral clarity and courage to say what they need to say and fight for what they need to fight for.
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Paul S. Kemp
American Author
I don't do 'political correctness,' whatever that means. I write the stories I want to write, featuring the characters I want to feature. I don't touch demographic bases to appease this group or that. I write what I want. Full stop.
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Michael Scheuer
American Public Servant
It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest.
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Jovenel Moise
Haitian Politician
The government should take all responsibility to continue with the social appeasement projects in disadvantaged neighborhoods to improve people's conditions.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Is there any pleasure in anger? Yes, if the fire of my anger appeases the ashes of my friends.
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Jason Sehorn
Let's remember, a protest isn't supposed to appease everybody.
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Phil Heath
American Athlete
You can't be around people who appease you all the time.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
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