appeasing
Making peace with
Appeasing means pacifying or calming someone by giving them what they want, often at the cost of principle.
The word carries connotations of weakness or capitulation—yielding to demands to avoid conflict rather than standing firm: an appeasing gesture toward the angry crowd, His appeasing tone only emboldened the bully.
The term gained political weight from 1930s British policy toward Nazi Germany, making appeasement a byword for dangerous accommodation of aggressors.
Easing another's anger
- mollifyingReducing anger or hostility
- pacifyingCalming someone agitated
- propitiatingWinning favor through offerings
- reconcilingResolving a dispute
conciliating · olive-branch · rapprochement · detente · truce · settlement · compromise · negotiation
Reducing distress or discomfort
- calmingInducing a settled state
- allayingReducing fear or worry
- assuagingLessening intensity or severity
- quietingMaking something still
defusing · disarming · tempering · moderating · alleviating · mitigating · softening · easing
Giving pleasure or satisfaction
- indulgingSatisfying a craving
- fulfillingProviding deep satisfaction
- obligingWilling to help others
- humoringAppeasing someone's wishes
accommodating · pleasing · kowtowing · pandering · fawning · ingratiating · flattering · deferring
Discussing to reach agreement
- treaty-makingFormalizing agreements between states
- statesmanshipSkillful government leadership
- summitryTop-level diplomatic engagement
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
ambassador · bilateral · multilateral · delegation · dialogue · protocol · ratification · summit
placating
Easing another's anger
- mollifyingReducing anger or hostility
- pacifyingCalming someone agitated
- propitiatingWinning favor through offerings
reconciling · conciliating · olive-branch · rapprochement · detente · truce · settlement · compromise · negotiation · mediation
soothing
Reducing distress or discomfort
- calmingInducing a settled state
- allayingReducing fear or worry
- assuagingLessening intensity or severity
quieting · defusing · disarming · tempering · moderating · alleviating · mitigating · softening · easing · relaxing
gratifying
Giving pleasure or satisfaction
- indulgingSatisfying a craving
- fulfillingProviding deep satisfaction
- obligingWilling to help others
humoring · accommodating · pleasing · kowtowing · pandering · fawning · ingratiating · flattering · deferring · bowing
negotiating
Discussing to reach agreement
- treaty-makingFormalizing agreements between states
- statesmanshipSkillful government leadership
- summitryTop-level diplomatic engagement
envoy · ambassador · bilateral · multilateral · delegation · dialogue · protocol · ratification · summit
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, mediate, pacifying, negotiate
- people-pleasingplacating, accommodating, pandering, going along, giving in
- peaceful traitsgentle, calm, soothing, peaceable, harmonious
- self-carebathing, self-care, renewal, brushing teeth, bath bombs
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- deferencedeference, bow, curtsy, genuflect, kneeling
appeasingconfronting
Addressing directly
antagonizing · provoking · challenging · opposing · resisting
appeasingangering
Causing strong irritation
enraging · infuriating · provoking · aggravating · irritating
appeasingdefiant
Openly resisting control
unyielding · resisting · refusing · asserting · uncompromising