| VERB | emotion | appease, pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | cause to be more favorably inclined |
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| consumption | appease, quell, stay | overcome or allay | |
| communication | appease, propitiate | make peace with |
| Sounds | ahpiy'z | |
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| Rhymes | Achilles ... Yerkes: 115 rhymes with iyz... | |
| Meaning | Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to appease Sue | |
| Synonyms | pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle | |
| Broader | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
| Spanish | aliviar, apaciguar, aplacar, calmar, pacificar, sosegar, suavizar | |
| Catalan | alleujar, apaivagar, aplacar, assossegar, conciliar, pacificar, suavitzar | |
| Adjectives | appeasable | capable of being pacified |
| Meaning | Overcome or allay. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | quell, stay | |
| Broader | fit, conform to, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil | Fill or meet a want or need |
| Spanish | apaciguar, aplacar, calmar | |
| Meaning | make peace with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | propitiate | |
| Broader | reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle | Come to terms |
| Spanish | apaciguar, aplacar, calmar, propiciar | |
| Adjectives | appeasable | capable of being pacified |
| Nouns | appeaser | someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands |
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