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умиротворя́ть — meaning in English

umirotvoryat

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English meaning

  • appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
  • placate verb To calm someone down and ease their anger.
  • propitiate verb To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
  • soothe verb To calm someone down or make a painful or unpleasant feeling less intense.

Senses

умиротворя́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
  • appease To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
  • calm down (transitive) To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.
  • placate (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
  • propitiate (transitive) To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit.
  • soothe (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.

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