placate
verb /pləˈkeɪt/
/ˈpleɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they placate | /pləˈkeɪt/ /ˈpleɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it placates | /pləˈkeɪts/ /ˈpleɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple placated | /pləˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈpleɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle placated | /pləˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈpleɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form placating | /pləˈkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpleɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- placate somebody to make somebody feel less angry about something synonym pacify
- She saw the anger in his eyes and stepped forward with a placating smile.
- The concessions did little to placate the students.
Extra Examples- They have placated the students with offers of extra tuition before the exams.
- measures designed to placate the demonstrators
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin placat- ‘appeased’, from the verb placare.