(açlığı) bastırmak

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Definition of (açlığı) bastırmak in Turkish English dictionary

{f} appease

To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of

They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred)

First, a little refreshment to reward my exertions. You may as well be quiet. It is not the first time, or the second, that your veins have appeased my thirst!'.

to soothe by quieting anger or indignation

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst

{f} soothe, ease, bring peace; relieve, satisfy

disapproval If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want. Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate = placate. to make someone less angry or stop them from attacking you by giving them what they want (apaisier, from pais )

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

make peace with

overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

Related Terms

(açlığı) bastırma

{i} appeasement

Hyphenation

(aç·lı·ğı) bas·tır·mak