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    placatory
    /pləˈkeɪt(ə)ri/

    adjective

    • 1. intended to make someone less angry or hostile; conciliatory: "his hands held in a placatory gesture"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPLACATORY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. formal uk / pləˈkeɪ.t ə r.i / us / ˈpleɪ.kə.tɔːr.i / Add to word list. trying to avoid making someone angry: The tone of the letter was placatory. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Calming and relaxing. appease. assuage. balls-to-the-wall. bask. bread. calm. chill. let/blow off steam idiom. lie down. lighten something up.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › placatoryPlacatory Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The word is derived from Latin placatus, the past participle of placare, and placate still carries the basic meaning of its Latin ancestor: "to soothe" or "to appease." Other placare descendants in English are implacable (meaning "not easily soothed or satisfied") and placation ("the act of soothing or appeasing").

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › placatoryPLACATORY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Placatory definition: serving, tending, or intended to placate. See examples of PLACATORY used in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPLACATORY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Definition of 'placatory' Word Frequency. placatory. (pləkeɪtəri , US pleɪkətɔːri ) adjective. A placatory remark or action is intended to make someone stop feeling angry. [formal] When next he spoke he was more placatory. He raised a placatory hand. 'All right, we'll see what we can do.'

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPLACATORY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    adjective. formalus/ˈpleɪ.kə.tɔːr.i/uk/pləˈkeɪ.tər.i/ Add to word listAdd to word list. trying to avoid making someone angry: The tone of the letter was placatory. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Calming and relaxing. appease. assuage. balls-to-the-wall. bask. bread. compose. kick back. let/blow off steamidiom. lie down.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › placatoryplacatory adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    adjective. /pləˈkeɪtəri/ /ˈpleɪkətɔːri/ (formal) designed to make somebody feel less angry by showing that you are willing to satisfy or please them. a placatory remark/smile/gesture. Want to learn more?

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › placatoryPlacatory - definition of placatory by The Free Dictionary

    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"

  9. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › placatoryPLACATORY Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words - ...

    Synonyms for PLACATORY: conciliatory, soothing, propitiatory, benevolent, comforting, kind, appeasing, mollifying; Antonyms of PLACATORY: inflammatory, provocative, provoking, irritating, offensive, abrasive, nagging, annoying

  10. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › placatoryPlacatory - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    adjective. intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions. “an astonishingly placatory speech”. synonyms: appeasing, placating, placative. conciliative, conciliatory. intended to placate.

  11. premium-oxforddictionaries-com.libproxy.ucl.ac.ukplacatory - definition of placatory in English from the Oxford...

    intended to make someone less angry or hostile; conciliatory: . Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.