Placate

Verb

 * 1)  To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate.

Synonyms

 * appease, mollify, satisfy

Antonyms

 * enrage

Derived terms

 * placater
 * placating


 * placatingly
 * placation


 * placative
 * placatory

Thesaurus
allay, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool, defuse, dulcify, lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, sweeten, tranquilize

Etymology
From Latin placatus:, past participle of placo:, from, from. Related to placeo:,  floh:. More at.

Translations

 * Arabic: هدأ, استرضى
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: lepyttää,
 * French: ,
 * German: beschwichtigen,
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Icelandic:, ,


 * Japanese: なだめる
 * Latin:
 * Russian: умиротворять, успокаивать, (indulge)
 * Spanish: aplacar
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ปลอบโยน, ปลอบใจ
 * Vietnamese: xoa dịu
 * Thai: ปลอบโยน, ปลอบใจ
 * Vietnamese: xoa dịu

Verb
placate


 * 1) second-person plural present tense of placare
 * 2) second-person plural imperative of placare
 * 3) feminine plural past participle of placare

Anagrams

 * catalpe