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PLACATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does placating mean?
• PLACATING (adjective)
The adjective PLACATING has 1 sense:
1. intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
Familiarity information: PLACATING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
Synonyms:
appeasing; placating; placative; placatory
Context example:
an astonishingly placatory speech
Similar:
conciliative; conciliatory (intended to placate)
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