Thesaurus
conciliating
Synonyms and Antonyms of conciliating
- small conciliating acts designed to win the trust of the new neighbors
abrasive, aggravating, annoying, chafing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, inflammatory, irksome, irritating, maddening, nagging, nettlesome, nettling, offensive, provocative, provoking, rankling, riling, vexing
engaging, incensing, infuriating, maddening
antagonistic, antipathetic, hostile, inhospitable, inimical, unfriendly, unsympathetic
aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, confrontational, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent
conciliating
Synonyms and Antonyms of conciliating
- it will be hard to conciliate the views of labor and management regarding health benefits
blending, combining, connecting, correlating, dovetailing, fitting, fusing, integrating, joining, matching, merging, orchestrating, pairing, squaring, suiting, synchronizing, synthesizing, unifying, uniting
aligning (also alining), arranging, arraying, balancing, equalizing, evening, ordering, proportioning, regularizing, standardizing
- a principal trying to conciliate the parents who did not receive their tickets to the graduation ceremonies
calming, comforting, consoling, contenting, hushing, quieting, soothing, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing)
delighting, gladdening, gratifying, pleasing
adulating, blarneying, flattering, overpraising, soft-soaping
quenching, satiating, sating, satisfying
catering (to), humoring, indulging
blandishing, cajoling, coaxing, sweet-talking, wheedling
aggravating, annoying, antagonizing, bothering, bugging, burning (up), chafing, crossing, exasperating, galling, getting, grating, irking, irritating, nettling, peeving, piquing, putting out, rankling, riling, roiling, ruffling, vexing
harassing, harrying, persecuting, pestering
agitating, discomforting, distressing, disturbing, fretting, perturbing, unhinging, unsettling, upsetting, worrying
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