placative

adjective

Definition of placativenext
as in conciliatory

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  1. conciliatory
  2. pacific
  3. peaceable
  4. sympathetic
  5. kind
  6. benign
  7. disarming
  8. peaceful
Adjective
  • Adams, usually so conciliatory, plainly voices her disgust with the unethical Mexican clinic which gave McQueen false hope, and side-eyes his late-in-life turn to Christianity.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • For her part, the polarizing Molokoane — who has faced calls for her resignation from industry bodies — struck a conciliatory tone in Durban.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of conciliatory
Adjective
  • The majority of the industry’s bycatch is jellyfish, pacific cod, and squid.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • National Aquarium cams The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, operates a series of cameras of marine animals, including reef sharks, jellyfish and fish in a Pacific coral reef.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Definition of pacific
Adjective
  • An American passport has, for generations, been not just a peaceable visa but a kind of holy grail—a thing valued above all other official documents.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • These behaviors make having a productive discussion or peaceable relationship untenable.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
Definition of peaceable
Adjective
  • Amy Adams’s Chrissie is more sympathetic and less interesting.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The investment in Sasha and Morgan has almost outgrown that of Joanne and Noah, and Lupe is sympathetic to the cause.
    — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of sympathetic
Adjective
  • Shapira paints a picture of a kinder, gentler war, where technology takes soldiers away from the trenches and from the tanks, to a chair behind a screen.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Five days after Bela Bajaria was fired as Netflix‘s Chief Content Officer and replaced by Peter Rice, Ted Sarandos had nothing but kind words for his former loyal lieutenant, kinda.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of kind
Adjective
  • The researchers reported that PROTEA could distinguish harmful and benign plans with reasonable accuracy, although the university’s announcement did not provide numerical detection rates.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Especially when your polling is no doubt telling you that progressives and anti-capitalists will struggle to trust any billionaire, however seemingly benign.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of benign
Adjective
  • This will be both disarming and believable, allowing your daughter to propose times that are both far off and inconvenient.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Then check out the work of Danielle Perez, who delivers jokes about the heaviest of subjects with a breezy openness that’s totally disarming.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2021
Definition of disarming
Adjective
  • But this month, the most violent demonstrations in years — and tough policing — have raised concern about riots overshadowing hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators marching against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • As for the suites, the highlight is their private terraces, peaceful havens from which to admire, paradoxically, the urban whirlwind swirling below.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of peaceful
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“Placative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placative. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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