propitiate

🇺🇸 /prəˈpɪʃieɪt/ 🇬🇧 /prəˈpɪʃieɪt/
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verb
R

make someone less angry by doing something to please them

The king tried to propitiate the angry mob by promising to lower taxes.

translation

v. make someone less angry by doing something to please them

Word Forms

3rd Present propitiates
Past propitiated
Perfect propitiated
Progressive propitiating

Synonyms

appease v. 安抚

Antonyms

ire n. 愤怒 antagonize v. 激怒 enrage v. 激怒 infuriate v. 激怒 inflame v. 激怒, 加剧 bother v. 费心, 打扰 aggravate v. 使恶化, 惹恼 provoke v. 引起, 激怒 irritate v. 惹恼, 刺激 annoy v. 使有点生气, 打扰 outrage n. 愤慨, 暴行 out adv. 出去, 不在家, 在外面, 被移除, 远离边缘, 源自, 由...制成, 缺少, 不再处于某种状态, 不再参与, 从...中, 大声地, 远离陆地, 公开的, 为了, 暂不可借, 最低点, 可见的, 完全开放, 出局, 被淘汰, 出界, 错误的, 不允许, 过时的, 熄灭的, 结束, unconscious, 罢工, 彻底 cross v. 穿过, 交叉, 交叉放置, 反对, 杂交, 横传, 划掉, 画十字 anger n. 愤怒 put v. 放置, 塞入, 送, 固定, 写下, 使处于, 施加压力, 简单解释, 赋予价值, 分类, 推铅球 get v. 收到, 获得, 购买, 赚到, 去拿, 考得, 生病, 受到惩罚, 连接, 接通电话, 到达, 移动, 乘坐, 变得, 达到某种状态, 导致, 说服, 开始做, 有机会做, 准备食物, 接电话, 抓住, 打中, 理解, 发生, 使困惑, 惹恼

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