appease

amadouer, apaiser

Accorder à quelqu’un ce qu’il exige pour calmer sa colère ou éviter une attaque.

En anglais simple : To give someone what they demand in order to stop their anger or prevent an attack.

• They offered gifts to appease the gods.
• The government appeased protesters by dropping the tax.
• Giving more land would only encourage the ruler they hoped to appease.

Comment l'utiliser : appease someone with something (They tried to appease the rebels with promises of land.); appease someone by doing something (He appeased his critics by changing the rules.)

Synonymes : placate, mollify, conciliate

Contraires : defy

Expressions courantes : appease an aggressor, appease the gods, appease someone's critics

apaiser, calmer

Calmer une personne en colère ou menaçante.

En anglais simple : To make an angry or threatening person calmer.

• Her gentle voice appeased him.
• The manager tried to appease the angry customer.
• Nothing we said could appease the furious crowd.

Synonymes : calm, pacify, soothe, placate

Contraires : anger, provoke

Expressions courantes : appease someone, appease angry customers, appease the crowd

apaiser, calmer

Atténuer la colère, les troubles ou les mouvements violents pour retrouver le calme.

En anglais simple : To reduce anger, unrest, or violent movement and make it peaceful.

• Time slowly appeased her anger.
• The promise of reform did little to appease the unrest.
• In the tale, a song appeases the storm.

Synonymes : calm, soothe, quell, allay

Contraires : inflame, aggravate

Expressions courantes : appease someone's anger, appease the unrest, appease the storm