He finds it easier to just pacify her than be straight up with her.
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Pacify
//ˈpæsɪfaɪ//
Synonyms for "pacify" (126 found)
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39 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- խաղաղել verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
- խաղաղեցնել verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Asturian
1 entries- apanguar verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Bulgarian
3 entries- укротявам verb (appease)
- умиротворявам verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
- успокоявам verb (appease)
Czech
4 entries- chlácholit verb (appease)
- uchlácholit verb (appease)
- uklidnit verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
- uklidnit verb (appease)
French
1 entries- pacifier verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Galician
1 entries- pacificar verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
German
2 entries- befrieden verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
- friedlich stimmen verb (appease)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍉𐌽 verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Greek
1 entries- κατευνάζω verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Ido
1 entries- pacigar verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Irish
1 entries- ceansaigh verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Italian
1 entries- pacificare verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Japanese
1 entries- 鎮める verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Latin
2 entries- pācificō verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
- pācō verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Māori
4 entries- whakaepaepa verb (appease)
- whakamahuru verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
- whakamāhaki verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
- whakamārie verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Old English
1 entries- stillan verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Persian
2 entries- خواباندن verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
- فرونشاندن verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Portuguese
2 entries- apaziguar verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
- pacificar verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Sicilian
1 entries- appaciari verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Spanish
2 entries- apaciguar verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
- pacificar verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Swedish
1 entries- pacificera verb (bring peace, ending fighting)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Was Christianity invented by the Flavian imperial family to pacify Judean rebels?
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Tom was very aggressive again. They had to pacify him.
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You're absurd if you think flowers alone will pacify him.
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