English-Thai Dictionary

appease

VT ทำให้ สงบ  ระงับ  soothe pacify tham-hai-sa-ngob

 

appease

VT พะเน้าพะนอ  ปลอบ  เอาใจ  satisfy allay pa-nao-pa-no

 

appeasement

N การ พะเน้าพะนอ  kan-pa-nao-pa-no

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPEASE

v.t.s as z. [L. pax. See Peace. ] To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; as, to appease the tumult of the ocean or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
[This word is of a general application to every thing in a disturbed, ruffled or agitated state. ]

 

APPEASED

pp. Quieted; calmed; stilled; pacified.

 

APPEASEMENT

n.The act of appeasing; the state of being in peace.

 

APPEASER

n.One who appeases, or pacifies.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APPEASE

Ap *pease ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appeasing.]Etym: [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier, apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad ) + OF. pais peace, F. paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

Syn. -- To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.

 

APPEASEMENT

APPEASEMENT Ap *pease "ment, n.

 

Defn: The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. Hayward.

 

APPEASER

APPEASER Ap *peas "er, n.

 

Defn: One who appeases; a pacifier.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

appease

ap pease |əˈpēz əˈpiz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 pacify or placate (someone ) by acceding to their demands: amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups. 2 relieve or satisfy (a demand or a feeling ): we give to charity because it appeases our guilt. DERIVATIVES ap peas er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French apaisier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at ’) + pais ‘peace. ’

 

appeasement

ap pease ment |əˈpēzmənt | ▶noun the action or process of appeasing: a policy of appeasement.

 

Oxford Dictionary

appease

ap |pease |əˈpiːz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 pacify or placate (someone ) by acceding to their demands: amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups. 2 assuage or satisfy (a demand or a feeling ): we give to charity because it appeases our guilt. DERIVATIVES appeaser noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French apaisier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at ’) + pais ‘peace ’.

 

appeasement

ap ¦pease |ment |əˈpiːzm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or process of appeasing: a policy of appeasement.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

appease

appease verb 1 an attempt to appease his critics: conciliate, placate, pacify, mollify, propitiate, reconcile, win over. ANTONYMS provoke, inflame. 2 I'd wasted a lot of money to appease my vanity: satisfy, fulfill, gratify, indulge; assuage, relieve. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See pacify . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

appeasement

appeasement noun a policy of appeasement: conciliation, placation, concession, pacification, propitiation, reconciliation; fence-mending. ANTONYMS provocation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

appease

appease verb 1 his action was seen as an attempt to appease critics of his regime: conciliate, placate, pacify, make peace with, propitiate, palliate, allay, reconcile, win over; calm (down ), mollify, soothe, quieten down, subdue, soften, content, still, quieten, silence, tranquillize, humour; informal sweeten. ANTONYMS provoke, inflame. 2 I'd wasted a lot of money to appease my vanity: satisfy, fulfil, gratify, meet, fill, serve, provide for, indulge; assuage, relieve, take the edge off, deaden, dull, blunt, quench, slake, sate, diminish. ANTONYMS frustrate.

 

appeasement

appeasement noun 1 the National Government's policy of appeasement: conciliation, placation, pacification, propitiation, palliation, allaying, reconciliation; acquiescence, acceding, concession, accommodation, peace offering, peacemaking, peace-mongering, dovishness; calming, mollification, soothing; informal sweetening. ANTONYMS provocation, aggression. 2 this was a cop-out, designed to provide appeasement for battered male consciences: satisfaction, fulfilment, gratification, indulgence, provision; assuagement, relief, deadening, tempering, quenching, slaking, satiation.

 

Duden Dictionary

Appeasement

Ap pease ment Substantiv, Neutrum Politik, oft abwertend , das |əˈpiːzmənt …mɛnt |das Appeasement; Genitiv: des Appeasement [s ] englisch appeasement < französisch apaisement = Beschwichtigung, zu: apaiser = beruhigen, besänftigen, zu altfranzösisch pais = Friede < lateinisch pax Politik ständigen Nachgebens gegenüber expansiver oder subversiver Machtpolitik besonders totalitärer Staaten; Beschwichtigungspolitik

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

appease

ap pease /əpíːz /動詞 他動詞 1 (物などを与えて )〈人 〉をなだめる .2 〈空腹 好奇心など 〉を満たす, 満足させる (satisfy ).3 〈要求など 〉を受け入れる, …に譲歩する .ap p é as er 名詞 C なだめる物 [人 ]; 譲歩する人 .

 

appeasement

ap p é ase ment 名詞 U C なだめること ; 譲歩, 妥協 .