apaciguar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
- assuage verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- conciliate verb To acquire, to procure.
- defuse verb To remove the fuse or detonator from an explosive device.
- mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
- pacify verb To calm down a person, place, or situation, ending anger, unrest, or conflict.
Senses
apaciguar 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).
- assuage (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
- conciliate (transitive) To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate.
- defuse (transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
- mollify To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
- pacify (transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
assuage — full definition
- verb To make an unpleasant feeling, such as fear, guilt, or grief, less intense.
- verb To satisfy a need or appetite, such as hunger or thirst.