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- [pley-keyt, plak-eyt]
- /ˈpleɪ keɪt, ˈplæk eɪt/
- /pləˈkeɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pley-keyt, plak-eyt]
- /ˈpleɪ keɪt, ˈplæk eɪt/
Definitions of placate word
- verb with object placate to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry. 1
- noun placate a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate. 1
- abbreviation PLACATE pacify 1
- verb placate If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. 0
- verb placate to pacify or appease 0
- verb transitive placate to stop from being angry; appease 0
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Origin of placate
First appearance:
before 1670 One of the 47% oldest English words
1670-80; < Latin plācātus past participle of plācāre to quiet, calm, appease, akin to placēre to please; see -ate1
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Parts of speech for Placate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
placate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for placate
verb placate
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- arbitrate — When someone in authority arbitrates between two people or groups who are in dispute, they consider all the facts and make an official decision about who is right.
- assuage — If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
- balmed — simple past tense and past participle of balm.
- becalm — to calm down
Antonyms for placate
verb placate
- affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
- agonize — If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.
- anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- arm-twist — to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
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