placate
verb/PLAY-kayt/
to calm someone who is angry
🐂 Teacher Bull ki zubaani (Hinglish)
Placate yaani gusse mein baithe insaan ko manana, shaant karna.
Meanings & examples
- 1. verb
to make someone less angry or hostile
- “The manager tried to placate the angry customer.”
- “Nothing could placate the protesting farmers.”
💡 Memory trick
PLACATE: give an angry child a PLATE of sweets.
Synonyms
pacifyappeasesoothe
Antonyms
provokeenrage