placate

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verb

cause to be more favorably inclined;
gain the good will of
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
• Syn:
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease,
mollify, gentle, gruntle
• Derivationally related forms:
placative, placatory, placation, mollification (for: mollify), appeasable (for: appease), conciliative (for: conciliate), conciliation (for: conciliate), conciliator (for: conciliate), pacification (for: pacify), peace (for: pacify), pacifier (for: pacify)
• Hypernyms:
calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize,
tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to placate Sue

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, gentle, gruntle