Thesaurus
placating
Synonyms and Antonyms of placating
- a placating comment that seemed to calm everyone down a bit
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
Synonyms and Antonyms of placating
- attempted to placate the screaming child by offering him a cookie
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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