Synonyms of propitiatory

propitiatory

adjective

as in conciliatory

tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility

sent his girlfriend flowers as a propitiatory gesture for a date gone sour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conciliatory
• placatory
• benevolent
• soothing
• appeasing
• kind
• comforting
• peaceful
• pacific
• placating
• conciliating
• mollifying
• gentle
• calming
• kindly
• relaxing
• disarming
• quieting
• satisfying
• peacemaking
• pacifying
• ingratiating
• winning
• passive
• obliging
• peaceable
• endearing
• tranquilizing
• tranquillizing
• amiable
• winsome
• unassertive
• surrendering
• good-natured
• unaggressive
• yielding
• nonbelligerent
• agreeable
• submissive
• amicable
• affable
• lulling
• genial
• good-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inflammatory
• offensive
• provocative
• aggravating
• irritating
• annoying
• provoking
• irksome
• maddening
• vexing
• frustrating
• exasperating
• engaging
• abrasive
• galling
• hostile
• nagging
• inimical
• antagonistic
• infuriating
• antagonizing
• nettling
• military
• unfriendly
• inhospitable
• nettlesome
• incensing
• aggressive
• antipathetic
• combative
• warlike
• rankling
• chafing
• unsympathetic
• riling
• confrontational
• agonistic
• argumentative
• belligerent
• bellicose
• pugnacious
• contentious
• assertive
• martial
• militant
• truculent
• quarrelsome
• militaristic
• scrappy

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• inflammatory
• offensive
• provocative
• aggravating
• irritating
• annoying
• provoking
• irksome
• maddening
• vexing
• frustrating
• exasperating
• engaging
• abrasive
• galling
• hostile
• nagging
• inimical
• antagonistic
• infuriating
• antagonizing
• nettling
• military
• unfriendly
• inhospitable
• nettlesome
• incensing
• aggressive
• antipathetic
• combative
• warlike
• rankling
• chafing
• unsympathetic
• riling
• confrontational
• agonistic
• argumentative
• belligerent
• bellicose
• pugnacious
• contentious
• assertive
• martial
• militant
• truculent
• quarrelsome
• militaristic
• scrappy

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