<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: <em>to appease an angry king.</em></li><li>To satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: <em>The fruit appeased his hunger.</em></li><li>To yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Placate</li><li>Calm</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Enrage</li><li>Sharpen</li><li>Arouse</li><li>Increase</li><li>Defy</li></ul>