appease
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
She managed to mollify the angry customer
Types & categories
- still hypernym
Related & opposite
- pacification derivation
- propitiation derivation
- baby's dummy derivation
- peace of mind derivation
- pacifier derivation
- peace derivation
- mollification derivation
- conciliation derivation
- conciliative derivation
- appeasinga derivation
- appeasable derivation
Sense 2 verb
overcome or allay
quell my hunger
Types & categories
- fulfil hypernym
Sense 3 verb
make peace with
Types & categories
- patch up hypernym
Related & opposite
- propitiation derivation
- appeaser derivation
- propitiative derivation
- appeasable derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pacification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | propitiation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | baby's dummy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | peace of mind |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pacifier |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | peace |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mollification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conciliation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conciliative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeasinga |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeasable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | still |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fulfil |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | propitiation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeaser |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | propitiative |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeasable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | patch up |