1. (

• pacify ,
• lenify ,
• conciliate ,
• assuage ,
• appease ,
• mollify ,
• placate ,
• gentle ,
• gruntle

) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" ;

2. (

• quell ,
• stay ,
• appease

) overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" ;

3. (

• propitiate ,
• appease

) make peace with ;

1. (

• appeasing ,
• placating ,
• placative ,
• placatory

) 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" ;