Placative

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /pləˈkeɪtɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Origin

placate + -ive

Full definition of placative

Adjective

1. (chiefly US) That placates; pacifying.
• 1914, Booth Tarkington, Penrod, ch. 21:Penrod's answer, like the look he lifted to the impressive stranger, was meek and placative.
• 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 64:Temple entered the dining-room from the kitchen, her face fixed in a cringing, placative expression ....

Synonyms

• placatory

Derived terms

• placatively