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placating |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb placate Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb placate Entailment of verb placate Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb placate 1 sense of placate Sense 1 pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle => calm, calm down quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still Familiarity of verb placate placate used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb placate Sense 1 pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle => calm, calm down quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still -------------- Overview of verb placate The verb placate has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle -- (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of "She managed to mollify her angry boss") Overview of adj placating The adj placating has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) appeasing, placating, placative, placatory -- (tending or 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") Antonyms of adj placating 1 sense of placating Sense 1 appeasing(postnominal), placating, placative, placatory INDIRECT (VIA conciliating) -> antagonizing, antagonising, antagonistic Similarity of adj placating 1 sense of placating Sense 1 appeasing(postnominal), placating, placative, placatory => conciliating (vs. antagonizing), conciliatory, conciliative Attributes of adj placating Familiarity of adj placating placating used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj placating placating Overview of verb placate The verb placate has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle -- (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of "She managed to mollify her angry boss") Overview of adj placating The adj placating has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) appeasing, placating, placative, placatory -- (tending or 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")
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