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Meanings of
placate
in inglés
portugués
acalmar
catalán
apaivagar
español
aliviar
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Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.
gentle
appease
pacify
assuage
conciliate
mollify
gruntle
lenify
español
aliviar
Synonyms
Examples for "
gentle
"
gentle
appease
pacify
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
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
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.
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
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
placate
in inglés
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.
6
Mubarak named Shafik prime minister in a last-ditch attempt to
placate
protesters.
7
Mubarak named Shafiq prime minister in a last-ditch attempt to
placate
protesters.
8
Victor was now forced to
placate
the men he had himself incited.
9
He had been put on the ticket with Garfield to
placate
Conkling.
10
Mukherjee sought to
placate
investors in May by deferring GAAR until 2013.
11
A BLM announcement that the round-up was suspended failed to
placate
him.
12
Avallach has smiled on us. This didn't seem to
placate
the troll.
13
Wherefore his attempt to
placate
his assailant was something less than diplomatic.
14
To win the primaries, you had to
placate
the party's indissoluble base.
15
Then he had sought to
placate
,
and had almost cringed to Monty.
16
Rio mayor Eduardo Paes has also tried to
placate
fears over Zika.
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placate
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
placate protesters
placate investors
placate shareholders
placate angry
placate regulators
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Translations for
placate
portugués
acalmar
aliviar
apaziguar
aplacar
catalán
apaivagar
suavitzar
aplacar
pacificar
assossegar
alleujar
español
aliviar
Placate
through the time
Placate
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common