propitiative

Examples

• All

• The propitiative offerings were intended to appease the angry spirits.

• He wrote a propitiative letter to his boss after missing the deadline.

• Should we attempt to maintain a low and propitiative profile, finger our rosary beads, and pray for better times?

  Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

C

conciliatory

vspropitiative

20 7.7

Showing a wish to calm people and reduce tension

focuses on making peace or gaining favor rather than only showing willingness

P

propitiatory

vspropitiative

• Formal

1 9.9

An action or gift to calm someone who is angry

is aimed at making peace or gaining general favor rather than religious focus

C

conciliative

vspropitiative

7.9

Trying to calm people and help them agree

aims to reconcile or gain favor beyond just calming specific disagreements

P

placatory

vspropitiative

8.0

Trying to calm someone by giving them what they want

is about making peace or gaining favor not only by yielding to demands

P

placating

vspropitiative

6.8

Trying to calm someone by giving them what they want

seeks reconciliation or favor without necessarily yielding to demands

P

placative

vspropitiative

8.5

Meant to calm someone by saying or doing things to please them

is broader, aiming at peace or favor beyond mere concessions

Antonyms

O

offensive

• Offensive

261 4.0

Likely to make people angry or upset

P

provocative

112 6.7

Causes a strong reaction, for example anger or lively talk

How Appeasing

propitiative

• Formal

9.9

conciliatory

20 7.7

appeasing

6.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology