pla·cate

(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.

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placatory

(pləˈkeɪtərɪ; -trɪ) ,

placating

or less commonly

placative

adj

placating or intended to placate

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

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, placative

conciliative, conciliatory - intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit"

placatory

adjective calming, appeasing, conciliatory, peacemaking, designed to please, pacificatory, propitiative He spoke in a placatory tone.

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Translations

placatory

[pləˈkeɪtərɪ] ADJ [act, gesture, smile] → apaciguador

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

placatory

[pləˈkeɪtəri] adj → lénifiant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

placatory

adj → beschwichtigend, besänftigend; gesture also → versöhnlich; he held out a placatory hand → er streckte seine Hand zur Versöhnung aus

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

placatory

[pləˈkeɪtərɪ] adj (gesture, tone, words) → tranquillizzante, conciliante

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