pacify

Verb

Meaning

To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gentle appease placate allay assuage mollify conciliate gruntle lenify hush still salve gratify content cool
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Antonyms

madden chevy rouse tingle miff vex
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Hypernyms

still give establish quiet calm lull

Related terms

pacific peace passive pacifist pacifism pacifier

Phrases with the word

to pacify pacify one's temper

Derivatives

pacified pacifying

Examples

Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. John Stuart Mill

If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. Satchel Paige

A family portrait not too stale to record Of a pleasant old buffer, nephew to a lord, Who believed that the bank was mightier than the sword, And that an umbrella might pacify barbarians abroad: Just like an old liberal Between the wars. William Plomer

China should generously pacify those foreigners” (Zhongguo huai rou ning cong hou) Qianlong Emperor

Lay my head on the railroad line. Train come along; pacify my mind. Toni Morrison

She managed to mollify the angry customer Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pacifist movement pacifistic pacifistically pacify one's temper pacifyingly pacily