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The word of the day is ‘placate’ or ‘placated’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is placated.
It means:
1. Soothe
2. Pacify
3. Make (someone) less angry or hostile
4. Appease
1. In her efforts to placate him she had touched upon his sorest spot.
2. He began by what he called a course of conciliation—to placate the devil, as it were.
3. This only increased the woman’s indignation and he roused himself to placate her.
4. Jackson attempted to placate the enraged and determined State.
5. The offer of a peerage to Conroy showed that there was a good reason to placate him.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
appease, assuage, mollify, pacify, reconcile, satisfy, soothe, calm, cheer, comfort, conciliate, humour, propitiate, soft-pedal, stroke, sweeten, tranquilize, make peace, make up, play up to, pour oil on, win over, calm down, quiet, pour oil on troubled waters, quieten (down), square someone off, etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
agitate, incite, irritate, provoke, upset, worry, aggravate, trouble, anger, etc.
Quotation:
Storytelling enables us to play out decisions before we make them, to plan routes before we take them, to work out the campaign before we start the war, to rehearse the phrases we’re going to use to please or placate our wives and husbands.
Jim Crace
Social Example:
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