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Meanings of
pacify
in English
Portuguese
acalmar
Catalan
apaivagar
Spanish
aliviar
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Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.
gentle
soothe
appease
assuage
conciliate
placate
mollify
gruntle
lenify
Portuguese
acalmar
Synonyms
Examples for "
gentle
"
gentle
soothe
appease
assuage
conciliate
Examples for "
gentle
"
1
It is very
gentle
and safe and works best when taken daily.
2
Everybody was flocking to the spot; old and young,
gentle
and simple.
3
Often, a
gentle
but firm hand could bring them back into line.
4
The species that runs the New York operation is
gentle
and friendly.
5
And they have no intention of going
gentle
into that good night.
1
Annie didn't know what to say, what words could
soothe
this situation.
2
Garcetti said he hoped the deepening business bonds would
soothe
government concerns.
3
Some hope that a potential deal may help
soothe
ongoing territorial disputes.
4
They're the sort of calming words people say to
soothe
others' anxiety.
5
This solution helps
soothe
irritated skin and may even prevent future breakouts.
1
To
appease
ye, I'll wait a few more days before returnin' home.
2
I spent year after year trying to
appease
them, to no avail.
3
And about Europe's attempts to
appease
Hitler before the Second World War.
4
In order to
appease
it, it was deemed necessary to offer sacrifices.
5
Who knows what was really said, what was altered to
appease
Rome?
1
Being able to show good governance structures will help
assuage
such fears.
2
Therefore it does not
assuage
bodily pain, which is in the senses.
3
And, I suppose, also to
assuage
my own personal sense of guilt.
4
To
assuage
that unhappiness he had taken a considerable quantity of drink.
5
Even this wholesale massacre did not
assuage
the wrath of the corsair.
1
The actual policy, and its physical demonstrations, repelled, and did not
conciliate
.
2
The system of Irala was to
conciliate
rather than subdue the natives.
3
The former gentry I knew how to
conciliate
,
too, in other ways.
4
He took out the captured chiefs, and attempted to
conciliate
the Iroquois.
5
The attempt to
conciliate
both parties, had rendered it obnoxious to both.
1
In February the government sought to
placate
foreign investors with a Crisis?
2
Sources believe Bewkes will take steps to
placate
Robinov given his success.
3
We shall have sore work to
placate
my guest, then.' He sighs.
4
He had always employed laughter as a means to
placate
his victims.
5
In an attempt to
placate
her, I ask if she feels singular.
1
Some wonder whether the move is an attempt to
mollify
irked affiliates.
2
The change in tone did more to
mollify
her than anything else.
3
By looking serious Brooks sought to
mollify
the effect of his smile.
4
But the draft legislation failed to
mollify
the rightists and angered moderates.
5
The only way to get him to go is to
mollify
him.
1
It resembles a series of deep, half-smothered detonations linked together by querulous
gruntle
.
2
And surely the thing did cough and roar in the deep earth, and anon to
gruntle
gently and to sob and gurgle; and lo!
3
No doubt he was far from
gruntled
,
to use PG Wodehouse's word, when he awoke.
4
McLean was less than
gruntled
,
having spent hours working with Gray on the training ground.
5
When it comes to hurling, even at the best of times, Tipperary people are more often disgruntled than they are
gruntled
.
1
This will
lenify
the inside of the intestines by its unctuousness, and by that means bring away that which is contained in them more easily.
Usage of
pacify
in English
1
And he can't point to a rising share price to
pacify
investors.
2
They hadn't the troops to
pacify
the city in the first place.
3
But Congo says government's first priority was to
pacify
its eastern borderlands.
4
To
pacify
them, perhaps, after so short a journey from the harbour.
5
The two Rishis sought to
pacify
the two heroes Ashvatthama and Dhananjaya.
6
Clara attempted to
pacify
him, which only made him the more outrageous.
7
Sage Jeannin did his best to
pacify
the vehemence of the commissioners.
8
They hoped to
pacify
and reduce those islands with the reënforcements requested.
9
You
pacify
the brute and I'll be back in a few minutes.
10
Keep in your corner,
pacify
Joan, and leave the rest to me.
11
So he answered in a friendly way, hoping to
pacify
his feelings.
12
I followed him into the passage, but no coaxing would
pacify
him.
13
I endeavored to
pacify
the sealer, by an appeal to his philosophy.
14
But I shall see her, and I think I can
pacify
her.
15
Seeing that I was a bit overwrought he sought to
pacify
me.
16
Wishing to
pacify
his judge, he made haste to answer with submission:
Other examples for "pacify"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
pacify
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
pacify the country
pacify investors
pacify opponents
pacify a baby
pacify all parties
More collocations
Translations for
pacify
Portuguese
acalmar
aliviar
apaziguar
aplacar
Catalan
apaivagar
suavitzar
aplacar
pacificar
assossegar
alleujar
Spanish
aliviar
Pacify
through the time
Pacify
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common