placative

adjective

Definition of placativenext
as in conciliatory

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for placative
  1. conciliatory
  2. pacific
  3. peaceable
  4. sympathetic
  5. kind
  6. benign
  7. disarming
  8. peaceful
Adjective
  • In his victory speech, Orsi struck a conciliatory tone.
    NAYARA BATSCHKE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • After all, the Academy Awards have a long history of reflecting or commenting on the nation’s political zeitgeist, sometimes defiant, other times conciliatory.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of conciliatory
Adjective
  • Choose between two rich colors: pacific blue or yarrow gold.
    Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Because roughly half the population there are Seventh-Day Adventists, and their interpretation of the Bible in regards to eating animals is a pacific one.
    Danny Palumbo / The Takeout, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
Definition of pacific
Adjective
  • The most formidable obstacle to a peaceable refuge was the double-decker section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that hugs the cliff below Brooklyn Heights.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024
  • In one study, 18 percent of patients flew, sang, danced, laughed, lectured or enacted other peaceable activities.
    Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
Definition of peaceable
Adjective
  • Gabbard has been accused by public officials for voicing an anti-American agenda that hurts American interests, including blaming the U.S. for the war in Ukraine and being sympathetic to U.S. adversaries.
    Selina Wang, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Some members of that crowd remain skeptical of Gabbard especially due to her past remarks about the Ukraine war that were sympathetic to Moscow and echoed by Russian state media — which has also praised her selection.
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of sympathetic
Adjective
  • Zak Williams is remembering his father Robin Williams' kind and caring spirit.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Being kind, caring, loyal and helpful also ranked among the top five most important ways to be remembered in the survey.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of kind
Adjective
  • But however benign Trump may be for the industry, higher U.S. production in 2025 will largely be down to the spirit of private enterprise.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Cotton — who recently underwent surgery to remove a benign tumor — last posted about Wood on his birthday on Instagram in October.
    Daniela Avila, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of benign
Adjective
  • This will be both disarming and believable, allowing your daughter to propose times that are both far off and inconvenient.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
  • What follows instead is a pivotal listen that conveys trauma in an assured yet disarming way.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2021
Definition of disarming
Adjective
  • The United Nations as Leviathan: Global Governance in the Post-American World Rich argues that the United Nations is the only body capable of generating a peaceful and cooperative order in the emerging post-American world.
    Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The peaceful gathering quickly escalated into violent clashes as protesters and officers engaged in running altercations through the city's streets.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of peaceful
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“Placative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placative. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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