PLACATORY Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

placatory

adjective

Definition of placatory

as in conciliatory

tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility a placatory effort to improve relations with the townspeople, who were upset about the wild campus parties

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Adjective

Leavitt struck a more conciliatory tone with reporters during a farewell press gaggle on Thursday.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
And before Friday’s game, hours before the casino sighting, Lovullo seemed to strike a conciliatory tone.

— Marc Carig, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of conciliatory

Adjective

The formula packs green tea extract for soothing and antioxidant-rich rosehip oil for skin brightening.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
Wind Features Kinetic wind features also create a focal point, and their rhythmic motion in the wind can be as soothing as that of a water feature.

— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of soothing

Adjective

The Musk Myth How Hollywood burnished the entrepreneur’s image as a benevolent genius.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Stülpnagel drops in, makes vague, benevolent pronouncements, and asks Frank to hide little notes for fellow anti-Hitler plotters.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of benevolent

Adjective

Elliott was crying, Dorien was comforting, and Joaquin Phoenix came over trying to make conversation.

— Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
The production’s winking tone blunts some of the original’s tear-jerking climax, yet its intact happy ending offers a surprisingly comforting vision of survival in an age of constant crises.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of comforting

Adjective

Swapping dirty fingernails for loose shotgun shells, Abrams carves Bryan from the same gnarled sense of desperation — but gives the character’s spirit a kinder shade overall.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Behind a thick column, lurking in the shadows, a kind looking man with an Irish brogue quietly summoned me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of kind

Adjective

Only Ann Patchett could write such a pleasant, amiable novel about death, and only a horse could serve as her essential metaphor for peaceful salvation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Set in the present day, ghosts from the past of Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) finally catch up to him, shattering his peaceful retirement in Alaska.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of peaceful

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