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Verb appease has 3 senses
- 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"
--1 is one way to calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to appease Sue
- quell, stay, appease - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
--2 is one way to meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s somebody
- propitiate, appease - make peace with
--3 is one way to reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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