ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAappease
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appease
Meaning: to calm or pacify, especially by giving in
appease in a sentence
How appease is used in real sentences:
A small treat appeased the crying toddler.
A small treat appeased the crying toddler.
“To appease the group, Ortiz added feeder sites to the study and promised to share the results before publication.”
— from the passage The Winter Choice
Synonyms for appease
Other words for appease — placate, pacify and mollify — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of appease
Words that mean the opposite of appease:
- provoke
- agitate
Where it comes from
From Old French apaisier 'to bring peace'
Word parts
- pac — peace
appease: a- (to) + pais (peace, from Latin pacem)
Memory hook
APPEASE — A-PEACE-back.