placatory

pla·cate  (plkt, plkt)

tr.v. pla·cat·ed, pla·cat·ing, pla·cates

To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease. See Synonyms at pacify.

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[Latin plcre, plct-, to calm; see plk-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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placater n.

pla·cation (pl-kshn) n.

placa·tory (-tôr, -tr), placative (-ktv) adj.

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placatory [pləˈkeɪtərɪ ˈplækətərɪ -trɪ] less commonly, placative [pləˈkeɪtɪv ˈplækətɪv]

adj

placating or intended to placate

Thesaurus

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

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placatory

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

Translations

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

placatory [pləˈkeɪtəri] adj → lénifiant(e)

placatory

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

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

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