English adjective: placating | |||
1. | placating intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | ||
Samples | The appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich. Placating (or placative) gestures. An astonishingly placatory speech. | ||
Synonyms | appeasing, placative, placatory | ||
Similar | conciliative, conciliatory | ||
Antonyms | antagonistic | ||