placate
1to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
Origin of placate
1Other words for placate
Other words from placate
- pla·cat·er, noun
- pla·ca·tion [pley-key-shuhn], /pleɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun
- un·pla·cat·ed, adjective
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a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
Origin of placate
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How to use placate in a sentence
He attacked the governor for what he said was placating teachers unions at the expense of kids and families.
Morning Report: Broker Says Housing Commission Staff Knew About Investment | Voice of San Diego | August 12, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoOne of the best parts about visiting Houston as a tourist is you’re mostly competing with Houstonians, and most of the restaurants, bars, and attractions haven’t been altered by the need to placate the tourist gaze.
Houston for Tourists? If You Think That’s a Joke, the Joke’s on You | William O’Connor | July 30, 2021 | The Daily BeastUber made changes aimed at placating drivers in an effort to show they were independent of its control, and thus didn’t need to be made employees under the state law.
They have to placate their quarterback without sacrificing their team-building vision, and they have to make hard decisions without upsetting their quarterback.
As Aaron Rodgers saga shows, keeping a franchise QB happy is almost as important as finding one | Adam Kilgore | May 6, 2021 | Washington PostNo matter who’s running the front office, they remain strategic and value-based in roster construction, not all that into making splashy free agent signings or tweaking draft decisions to placate their quarterback.
For Aaron Rodgers and a new breed of superstar, a dream job is no longer good enough | Jerry Brewer | May 5, 2021 | Washington Post
Given the somewhat macabre origins of the feast, many of the celebrations were designed to placate the gods.
He, too, refused to work with the Kudo-kai or placate them and he, too, was shot to death just last December.
Will putting Castro in the Cabinet be enough to placate those Latinos disillusioned with Obama?
With Julian Castro Taking Over at HUD, a New Political Dynasty Is in the Making | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | May 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe police inside, clearly alarmed, did nothing while their senior officer leaned out of the window and tried to placate the mob.
So, to placate his parents, he decides to marry Wei-Wei (May Chin), a penniless Chinese opera singer in his building.
Most Overlooked Romance Films for Valentine’s Day Weekend: ‘True Romance,’ ‘His Girl Friday,’ More | Marlow Stern | February 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt those words, designed to placate, the fire which smouldered in Lola's breast burst into sudden flame.
Dope | Sax RohmerBut the thought of his own had by now become a much greater anxiety to him than the wish to placate Chloe.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardMrs. Patton was still in mourning, a filmy and diaphanous kind of mourning, beautiful enough to placate the angel Azrael himself.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair“Or call it by some pretty name to placate it,” Euphrosyne suggested.
The Proud Prince | Justin Huntly McCarthyIt is the office of a mediator to conciliate the party that is offended and to placate the party that is the offender.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians | Martin Luther
British Dictionary definitions for placate
/ (pləˈkeɪt) /
(tr) to pacify or appease
Origin of placate
1Derived forms of placate
- placation, noun
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