What does appeasing mean?

appeasing means "intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions".

How many syllables are in appeasing?

appeasing has 3 syllables: ap-pea-sing. The stress falls on "pea". In IPA it is /əˈpizɪŋ/.

What is another word for appeasing?

Close synonyms include placating, placative, placatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is appeasing a common word?

appeasing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

appeasing — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
“the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich”
“placating (or placative) gestures”
“an astonishingly placatory speech”
Synonymsplacating placative placatory
Similarconciliatory

Questions about appeasing

What does appeasing mean?: appeasing means "intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions".
How many syllables are in appeasing?: appeasing has 3 syllables: ap-pea-sing. The stress falls on "pea". In IPA it is /əˈpizɪŋ/.
What is another word for appeasing?: Close synonyms include placating, placative, placatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is appeasing a common word?: appeasing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for appeasing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
“the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich”
“placating (or placative) gestures”
“an astonishingly placatory speech”
Synonymsplacating placative placatory
Similarconciliatory

Questions about appeasing

What does appeasing mean?: appeasing means "intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions".
How many syllables are in appeasing?: appeasing has 3 syllables: ap-pea-sing. The stress falls on "pea". In IPA it is /əˈpizɪŋ/.
What is another word for appeasing?: Close synonyms include placating, placative, placatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is appeasing a common word?: appeasing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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