WoW #32 placate.

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WoW #32 placate

placate: verb by concessions or conciliatory gestures definition: to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures

placate pronunciation pley keyt

placate placater placation placative related forms noun: adjective: placatory placative

placate conciliate reconcile comfort mollify satisfy appease assuage Synonyms conciliate reconcile comfort mollify satisfy appease assuage

antonyms agitate incite irritate provoke upset worry

placate Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva tried to placate demonstrators' concerns.

placate The European union bill did little to placate skeptics.

placate The busy mother constantly used a pacifier to placate her child.

placative Even President Obama did not have a placative effect on the hysterical child.

placatory The boy’s placatory gestures did little to quell the dog’s truculence.

placation When emotions flare, various means of placation are needed to encourage people to deescalate.

placater The girls acted as placaters because of the absence of their teacher.