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WoW #32 placate
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placate: verb by concessions or conciliatory gestures definition:
to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures
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placate pronunciation pley keyt
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placate placater placation placative related forms noun: adjective:
placatory placative
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placate conciliate reconcile comfort mollify satisfy appease assuage
Synonyms conciliate reconcile comfort mollify satisfy appease assuage
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antonyms agitate incite irritate provoke upset worry
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placate Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva tried to placate demonstrators' concerns.
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placate The European union bill did little to placate skeptics.
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placate The busy mother constantly used a pacifier to placate her child.
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placative Even President Obama did not have a placative
effect on the hysterical child.
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placatory The boy’s placatory gestures did little to quell
the dog’s truculence.
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placation When emotions flare, various means of placation are needed to encourage people to deescalate.
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placater The girls acted as placaters because of the absence of their teacher.
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