placate
1Origin of placate
1Synonyms for placate
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satisfy, appease, reconcile, assuage, soothe, pacify, mollify, humor, conciliate, sweeten, comfort, stroke, cheer, calm, soft-pedal, tranquilize, propitiateExamples from the Web for placated
Contemporary Examples of placated
But consuming anger is not placated by justification, not toward the stranger and not toward the self.
And it hardly seems that the ones who have not been placated by now are going to change their minds about the guy over this.
These questions will not be easily dodged; nor will the faithful be placated by casuistry or platitudes.
But the gay community is unlikely to be placated by either the speech or the venue.
Historical Examples of placated
But in the special constabulary your sergeant is a man to be placated.
There are ways given to women whereby men of his type can be placated.
The HighgraderWilliam MacLeod Raine
Revenue officers have perhaps been placated in the same way.
Highways & Byways in SussexE.V. Lucas
Nevertheless, at the present moment Clarence was to be placated.
Susy, A Story of the PlainsBret Harte
If she should tell him everything, and he should refuse to be placated—what could she do then?
A Black AdonisLinn Boyd Porter