Usually means: Soothing or pacifying in nature.
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  1. placative: Merriam-Webster
  2. placative: Collins English Dictionary
  3. placative: Vocabulary.com
  4. placative: Wiktionary
  5. placative: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. placative: Dictionary.com
  7. placative: Rhymezone
  8. placative: FreeDictionary.org
  9. placative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. placative: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. placative: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (chiefly US) That placates; pacifying.

Similar:
conciliatory, appease, placable, pacificatory, placentious, appeasive, pleasy, emollient, conciliant, gratifying, more...

Opposite:
provocative, aggravating, irritating, antagonistic

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Similar:
conciliatory, appease, placable, pacificatory, placentious, appeasive, pleasy, emollient, conciliant, gratifying, more...

Opposite:
provocative, aggravating, irritating, antagonistic



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