to pacify

Examples

• All

• To me, the plan seems to be to pacify the public.

  Blog text (17)

• When the toddler started to cry, she gently sang a lullaby to pacify him.

• In which case we'll only have to pacify one local instead of the whole district.

  The Plague Dogs (1982)

• When a child is screaming in the middle of the night, the mother spontaneously gets up to pacify the child.

  Jay Shetty Podcast

• The government decided to reduce the hikes by half, but that failed to pacify the protesters.

  Academic text (1992)

• The objective was to keep the inmates sufficiently pacified and healthy to remain in productive employment.

  Academic text (1998)

• Their clear preference is for student evaluations because they pacify students (the customers).

  Academic text (1993)

• By not meeting Israeli officials and through his anti-Israeli statements, Ahamed has sought to pacify hardliners within his party.

  Academic text (2013)

• The teacher spoke softly to pacify the upset student after the confrontation.

• He offered her a cup of tea to pacify her anger after the argument.

Synonyms

C

to calm

vsto pacify

962 1.0

Make a person or animal less upset

targets hostility and anger more directly than broad peacefulness

C

to calm down

vsto pacify

• Informal

594 1.4

To become less angry, excited, or upset

is centered on easing hostility specifically rather than general relaxation

T

to temper

vsto pacify

63 4.2

Make a feeling or action less strong

applies this moderation mainly to anger and hostility rather than all extremes

S

to soothe

vsto pacify

63 3.4

To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain

targets hostility and anger specifically rather than physical comfort or pain relief

A

to appease

vsto pacify

48 5.8

To calm someone by giving in to their demands

calms without necessarily yielding to demands, focusing on reducing hostility

P

to placate

vsto pacify

28 7.0

To make someone less angry by saying or doing something kind

is more general calming rather than specifically pleasing someone to stop anger

A

to assuage

vsto pacify

• Formal

20 7.7

To make a bad feeling, pain, or worry less strong

narrows on reducing anger and hostility rather than easing all discomfort

D

to disarm

vsto pacify

15 3.9

To calm someone by being kind or friendly

is more about quieting anger than actively gaining an opponent's favor

A

to allay

vsto pacify

14 6.9

To make fear, anger, or worry less strong

aims especially at stopping hostility and anger rather than general worry

M

to mollify

vsto pacify

8 7.2

To make someone less angry or upset

focuses on general calming rather than only softening severity

Q

to quieten

vsto pacify

3 4.6

Make someone or something less noisy and calmer

focuses specifically on reducing anger and hostility rather than only noise or movement

C

to conciliate

vsto pacify

1 7.9

To stop people being angry and make them friendly again

is mainly about calming individuals rather than resolving group disputes

L

to lenify

vsto pacify

• Archaic

9.9

To make someone feel calmer or less angry

focuses more on gentleness as a trait than on stopping active hostility

G

to gruntle

vsto pacify

• Archaic

9.9

Make someone feel pleased or less upset

aims more at creating contentment rather than specifically removing hostility

Antonyms

A

to agitate

42 4.8

To make people feel strongly excited or upset

How Calm

to pacify

11 5.2

to appease

48 5.8

to calm

962 1.0

to placate

28 7.0

to soothe

63 3.4

to console

40 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology