Adjective: placating 'pley,key-ting [N. Amer], plu'key-ting [Brit]
- Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
"placating gestures";
- appeasing, placative, placatory
- Cause to be more favourably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to placate the angry customer";
- pacify, lenify [archaic], conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, gentle, gruntle
See also: conciliative, conciliatory
Type of: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten [Brit], still, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], tranquillize
Encyclopedia: Placate