Don't think you'll always be able to placate me with food!
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Placate
//pləˈkeɪt//
Synonyms for "placate" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
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Related words (22)
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6 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- اِسْتَرْضَى verb (to calm)
- هَدَّأَ verb (to calm)
Armenian
1 entries- հանգստացնել verb (to calm)
Bulgarian
2 entries- омиротворявам verb (to calm)
- успокоявам verb (to calm)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 安撫 /安抚 verb (to calm)
- 平息 verb (to calm)
Czech
3 entries- uklidnit verb (to calm)
- utišit verb (to calm)
- zklidnit verb (to calm)
Dutch
4 entries- bedaren verb (to calm)
- kalmeren verb (to calm)
- paaien verb (to calm)
- sussen verb (to calm)
Finnish
2 entries- lepyttää verb (to calm)
- rauhoittaa verb (to calm)
French
2 entries- apaiser verb (to calm)
- calmer verb (to calm)
German
4 entries- begütigen verb (to calm)
- beruhigen verb (to calm)
- beschwichtigen verb (to calm)
- besänftigen verb (to calm)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to calm)
Greek
1 entries- κατευνάζω verb (to calm)
Hebrew
1 entries- הרגיע verb (to calm)
Hungarian
1 entries- kiengesztel verb (to calm)
Icelandic
3 entries- fróa verb (to calm)
- róa verb (to calm)
- sefa verb (to calm)
Italian
1 entries- placare verb (to calm)
Japanese
1 entries- なだめる verb (to calm)
Khmer
1 entries- កំសាន្ត verb (to calm)
Latin
1 entries- pācificō verb (to calm)
Māori
2 entries- whakamauru verb (to calm)
- whakamārie verb (to calm)
Portuguese
1 entries- aplacar verb (to calm)
Russian
4 entries- умиротворя́ть verb (to calm)
- унимать verb (to calm)
- успока́ивать verb (to calm)
- утихомиривать verb (to calm)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- smiriti verb (to calm)
- umiriti verb (to calm)
- смирити verb (to calm)
- умирити verb (to calm)
Spanish
1 entries- aplacar verb (to calm)
Swedish
1 entries- blidka verb (to calm)
Thai
2 entries- ปลอบโยน verb (to calm)
- ปลอบใจ verb (to calm)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xoa dịu verb (to calm)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The concept of God is a fantasy, created to placate our ignorance about our own existence.
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Tom was very angry with Mary and it took her a long time to placate him.
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That won't placate the mob.
Source: tatoeba (6218552)
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