placatory
Meant to appease
Placatory describes words or actions intended to calm someone's anger or gain their goodwill.
A placatory gesture, tone, or remark aims to soothe rather than provoke: He made a placatory wave of his hand.
The word suggests an attempt to appease, often from a position of weakness or guilt.
Reducing anger or hostility
- assuagingLessening intensity or severity
- propitiatoryMeant to appease wrath
- conciliatingCalming hostile parties
- pacifyingCalming someone agitated
calming · softening · disarming · palliative · peaceable · submissive · deferential · ingratiating
Meant to placate
- mediatoryPromoting settlement between disputants
- peacemakingResolving conflicts through negotiation
- reconcilingResolving a dispute
- bridge-buildingEstablishing connections between estranged parties
negotiating · compromising · harmonizing · amicable · cooperative · olive-branch · unifying · tactful
mollifying
Reducing anger or hostility
- assuagingLessening intensity or severity
- propitiatoryMeant to appease wrath
- conciliatingCalming hostile parties
pacifying · calming · softening · disarming · palliative · peaceable · submissive · deferential · ingratiating · obliging
conciliatory
Meant to placate
- mediatoryPromoting settlement between disputants
- peacemakingResolving conflicts through negotiation
- reconcilingResolving a dispute
bridge-building · negotiating · compromising · harmonizing · amicable · cooperative · olive-branch · unifying · tactful · fence-mending
calming
Inducing a settled state
- gentleSoft and kind
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
tranquil · soft · tender · quieting · relaxing · lulling · serene · peaceful · healing · balm
placatoryprovocative
Meant to provoke response
inflammatory · antagonizing · hostile · antagonistic · aggravating
please, pleasure, pleasant, displace, placate, displaced, displacement, implacable, complacent