appease

appease is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
2. verb. make peace with

   Synonyms: propitiate

3. verb. overcome or allay

   "quell my hunger"

   Synonyms: quell, stay

4. verb. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

   "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

   Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate

Synonyms

propitiate, quell, stay, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate

Common word forms

appeased, appeaser, appeases, appeasing, appeasement

Words from these letters

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