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placatory
pla·cate P0342200 (plā′kāt′, plăk′āt′)tr.v. pla·cat·ed, pla·cat·ing, pla·cates To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease. See Synonyms at pacify.
[Latin plācāre, plācāt-, to calm; see plāk- in Indo-European roots.]
pla′cat′er n.pla·ca′tion (plā-kā′shən) n.pla′ca·to′ry (-tôr′ē), pla′ca′tive (-kā′tĭv) adj.placatory (pləˈkeɪtərɪ; -trɪ) , placating or less commonly placativeadjplacating or intended to placateThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | placatory - 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"appeasing, placating, placativeconciliative, conciliatory - intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit" |
placatoryadjective calming, appeasing, conciliatory, peacemaking, designed to please, pacificatory, propitiative He spoke in a placatory tone.Translations
placatory
Related to placatory: truculent, incendiary, quiescent, conciliatorySynonyms for placatoryadj calmingSynonyms- calming
- appeasing
- conciliatory
- peacemaking
- designed to please
- pacificatory
- propitiative
Synonyms for placatoryadj intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessionsSynonyms- appeasing
- placating
- placative
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