different between pacifying vs placative
pacifying
English
Verb
pacifying
- present participle of pacify
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placative
English
Etymology
placate +? -ive
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pl??ke?t?v/
- Rhymes: -e?t?v
- Rhymes: -e?t?v
Adjective
placative (comparative more placative, superlative most placative)
- (chiefly US) That placates; pacifying.
- 1914, Booth Tarkington, Penrod, ch. 21:
- Penrod's answer, like the look he lifted to the impressive stranger, was meek and placative.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 64:
- Temple entered the dining-room from the kitchen, her face fixed in a cringing, placative expression [...].
- 1914, Booth Tarkington, Penrod, ch. 21:
Synonyms
- placatory
Derived terms
- placatively
Translations
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- what does placative
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