placatoryadjective
uk/pləˈkeɪ.tər.i/us/ˈpleɪ.kə.tɔːr.i/formaltrying to avoid making someone angry:
The tone of the letter was placatory.
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Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lie down
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- relaxation
- settle
- slow down
- soften
- steady
- take things easy idiom
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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