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appeasing definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb appease Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb appease Entailment of verb appease Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb appease 3 senses of appease Sense 1 pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle => calm, calm down quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still Sense 2 quell, stay, appease => meet satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil Sense 3 propitiate, appease => reconcile, patch up make up conciliate, settle Familiarity of verb appease appease used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb appease Sense 1 pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle => calm, calm down quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still -------------- Sense 2 quell, stay, appease => meet satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil -------------- Sense 3 propitiate, appease => reconcile, patch up make up conciliate, settle -------------- Overview of verb appease The verb appease has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle -- (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of "She managed to mollify her angry boss") 2. (1) quell, stay, appease -- (overcome or allay; "quell my hunger") 3. (1) propitiate, appease -- (make peace with) Overview of adj appeasing The adj appeasing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. appeasing, placating, placative, placatory -- (tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech") Antonyms of adj appeasing 1 sense of appeasing Sense 1 appeasing(postnominal), placating, placative, placatory INDIRECT (VIA conciliating) -> antagonizing, antagonising, antagonistic Similarity of adj appeasing 1 sense of appeasing Sense 1 appeasing(postnominal), placating, placative, placatory => conciliating (vs. antagonizing), conciliatory, conciliative Attributes of adj appeasing Familiarity of adj appeasing appeasing used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj appeasing appeasing Overview of verb appease The verb appease has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle -- (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of "She managed to mollify her angry boss") 2. (1) quell, stay, appease -- (overcome or allay; "quell my hunger") 3. (1) propitiate, appease -- (make peace with) Overview of adj appeasing The adj appeasing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. appeasing, placating, placative, placatory -- (tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech")
appeasing definition
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