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Detailed Synonyms for placating in English

placating:

placating adj

  1. placating
    – intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions 1
    appeasing; placating; placative; placatory
    – intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions 1
    • appeasing adj
      • the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich1
    • placating adj
      • placating (or placative) gestures1
    • placative adj
      • placating (or placative) gestures1
    • placatory adj
      • an astonishingly placatory speech1

Alternate Synonyms for "placating":


Related Definitions for "placating":

  1. intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions1
    • placating (or placative) gestures1

placate:

placate verb

  1. placate
    to soothe; placate
  2. placate
    – cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of 1
    gentle; to appease; placate; to pacify; to conciliate; lenify; assuage; mollify; gruntle
    – cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of 1

Related Words for "placate":

  • placating, placation

Alternate Synonyms for "placate":


Related Definitions for "placate":

  1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of1