placating Antonyms
Strongest:
- aggravating
- provoking
- hostile
- provocative
- antagonizing
- irritating
- abrasive
- aggravating
- maddening
- vexing
- provoking
- provocative
- exasperating
- vexing
- abrasive
- nagging
- inflammatory
- nagging
- annoying
- inflammatory
- frustrating
- irritating
- engaging
- infuriating
- offensive
- irksome
- galling
- annoying
- frustrating
- galling
- offensive
- exasperating
- antagonizing
- infuriating
- engaging
- irksome
- maddening
- hostile
Strong:
- nettling
- combative
- nettling
- antipathetic
- assertive
- confrontational
- antipathetic
- inhospitable
- inimical
- truculent
- unsympathetic
- military
- belligerent
- rankling
- bellicose
- inimical
- quarrelsome
- pugnacious
- unsympathetic
- nettlesome
- belligerent
- argumentative
- incensing
- antagonistic
- inhospitable
- aggressive
- confrontational
- incensing
- antagonistic
- unfriendly
- quarrelsome
- assertive
- military
- bellicose
- riling
- combative
- aggressive
- chafing
- truculent
- unfriendly
- argumentative
- chafing
- pugnacious
- riling
- nettlesome
- rankling
Weak:
Strongest:
- comforting
- conciliatory
- peaceful
- pacifying
- propitiatory
- benevolent
- pacific
- conciliating
- mollifying
- placatory
- appeasing
- calming
- kind
- soothing
- quieting
Strong:
Weak:
Meaning of placating
placating (s)
intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
placating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Placate
placating Sentence Examples
- The politician's placating words failed to calm the angry crowd.
- The mother attempted to placate her crying baby by offering a bottle.
- The boss's placating tone concealed his true intentions.
- The government used placating gestures to appease the protesters.
- The teacher tried to placate the unruly students by offering them a break.
- The company's placating response to the scandal did little to mitigate the damage.
- The therapist's placating words provided temporary comfort to the anxious patient.
- The employee's placating email was an insincere attempt to avoid confrontation.
- The placating smile on the politician's face betrayed her true feelings.
- The peace envoy's placating efforts brought a temporary ceasefire to the conflict.
FAQs About the word placating
intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessionsof Placate
comforting, conciliatory, peaceful, pacifying, propitiatory, benevolent, pacific, conciliating, mollifying, placatory
aggravating, provoking, hostile, provocative, antagonizing, irritating, abrasive, aggravating, maddening, vexing
The politician's placating words failed to calm the angry crowd.
The mother attempted to placate her crying baby by offering a bottle.
The boss's placating tone concealed his true intentions.
The government used placating gestures to appease the protesters.
