Placate Mnemonic
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placate
placate
/pleɪˈkeɪt/
appease
mollify
satisfy
Examples
- By extension, soothing or placating words are called anodyne.
- It is Haine who want to appease the situation with mild and placating words.
- He was anxious to placate the crowd.
- I hope that it will placate the girl.
- Thanks for placating my curiosity.
- It sounds like someone conceding or placating.
- Placating the upset people is not so easy.
- Some revise the language in an effort to placate.
- I gave fish just to placate the penguins.
- We are not here to placate the sensibilities of a particular group.
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
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"Place + Ate. Find a place where anger's eaten away and calm is served."
"Place + Mate. Find a place to calm your angry mate."
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