Antonyms for placating

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pley-keyt, plak-eyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpleɪ keɪt, ˈplæk eɪt

Definition of placating

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 :

But now, upon the heels of his placating words, he abruptly shot.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various

Far from placating the gloomy Jim, this seemed only to awake his suspicions.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Plains » by Bret Harte

He succeeded in placating the wrath of the Marquis of Caylus.
Extract from : « The Duke's Motto » by Justin Huntly McCarthy

And Madame Rosalie's tone, though courteous, had not been eager or placating.
Extract from : « The Rest Hollow Mystery » by Rebecca N. Porter

It has nothing to do with placating or propitiating the Goddess.
Extract from : « The Unwilling Vestal » by Edward Lucas White

"You certainly are an artist, Henriette," I answered, desirous of placating her.
Extract from : « Mrs. Raffles » by John Kendrick Bangs

When she spoke her voice suggested a placating of this stranger who was her son.
Extract from : « The Guarded Heights » by Wadsworth Camp

His voice, when he spoke again, was not ironical, as it had been; it was placating.
Extract from : « Rowdy of the Cross L » by B.M. Sinclair, AKA B.M. Bower

Send a well-guarded, placating embassy to him and to Cotubanama.
Extract from : « 1492 » by Mary Johnston

Blinking his eyes rapidly, for they closed like the shutter of a camera, he made a placating gesture with both huge furry hands.
Extract from : « Freudian Slip » by Franklin Abel

Synonyms for placating

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