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propitiateverb to lessen the anger or agitation ofthe temple was once the site of sacrifices—both to honor the gods in times of plenty and to propitiate them in times of trouble appease, assuage, conciliate, disarm, gentle, mollify, pacify, placate calm, comfort, console, content, hush, quiet, soothe, tranquilize(also tranquillize)endear (to), ingratiatedelight, gladden, gratify, pleaseadulate, blarney, flatter, overpraise, soft-soapquench, sate, satiate, satisfycater (to), humor, indulgeblandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedlebaby, coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoildulcify, sweeten anger, enrage, incense, inflame(also enflame), infuriate, ire, madden, outrage aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, cross, exasperate, gall, get, grate, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pique, put out, rankle, rile, roil, ruffle, vexprovoke, rouseharass, harry, persecute, pesteragitate, discomfort, distress, disturb, fret, perturb, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worryaffront, insult, offend, slight pacify, appease, placate, mollify, propitiate, conciliate mean to ease the anger or disturbance of.pacify suggests a soothing or calming.pacified by a sincere apology appease implies quieting insistent demands by making concessions.appease their territorial ambitions placate suggests changing resentment or bitterness to goodwill.a move to placate local opposition mollify implies soothing hurt feelings or rising anger.a speech that mollified the demonstrators propitiate implies averting anger or malevolence especially of a superior being.propitiated his parents by dressing up conciliate suggests ending an estrangement by persuasion, concession, or settling of differences.conciliating the belligerent nations in 1583 |