Antonyms for placate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pley-keyt, plak-eyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpleɪ keɪt, ˈplæk eɪt

Definition of placate

Origin : 1670s, a back-formation from placation or else from Latin placatus "soothed, quiet, gentle, calm, peaceful," past participle of placare "to calm, appease, quiet, soothe, assuage," related to placere "to please" (see please). Related: Placated; placating; placatingly.

verb soothe, pacify

Example sentences :

In her efforts to placate him she had touched upon his sorest spot.
Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams

The offer of a peerage to Conroy showed that there was good reason to placate him.
Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

He began by what he called a course of conciliation—to placate the devil, as it were.
Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson

Well would the King, to save his soul, placate and cosset his wife.
Extract from : « The Fifth Queen Crowned » by Ford Madox Ford

They were compromised with Stone and they could not placate Bobby.
Extract from : « The Making of Bobby Burnit » by George Randolph Chester

This only increased the woman's indignation and he roused himself to placate her.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

“Or call it by some pretty name to placate it,” Euphrosyne suggested.
Extract from : « The Proud Prince » by Justin Huntly McCarthy

But the king attempted to placate her with soft and deceitful words.
Extract from : « A Source Book for Mediaeval History » by Oliver J. Thatcher

Jackson attempted to placate the enraged and determined State.
Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4 » by Albert J. Beveridge

If God was good, why, then, it was unnecessary to placate him by adoration or sacrifice.
Extract from : « The Birth of the Nation » by Mrs. Roger A. Pryor

Synonyms for placate

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