placate

Verb

Verb Forms: placated, placating, placates

To make someone less angry or hostile; to appease.
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.

Adj

Placid, peaceful.

Examples

No amount of compliments could PLACATE his opponent after a devastating bingo.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in the late 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin plācātus, perfect passive participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), ultimately thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”), from *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.

Synonyms

appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, propitiate, satisfy, soothe

Antonyms

enrage

Scrabble Score: 11

placate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
placate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
placate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

placate: valid Words With Friends Word