placating Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
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adjective satellite intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
placatory; placative; appeasing.
- the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich
- placating (or placative) gestures
- an astonishingly placatory speech