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91anger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See resentment.Ant., good nature, jollity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wrath, rage, fury, passion, choler, temper, bad or ill temper, ire, indignation, acrimony, animosity, hostility, hatred,… …
92mollify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. placate, pacify, soothe, appease, calm; soften. See relief, softness. Ant., antagonize. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To quiet one who is angry] Syn. soothe, appease, calm; see pacify 1 , quiet 1 . 2. [To …
93soothe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. calm, quiet, tranquilize; relieve, assuage, mitigate, allay, console, comfort. See moderation, relief, content, flattery. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. quiet, mollify, tranquilize, calm, relax, assuage,… …
94implacable — (adj.) early 15c., from O.Fr. implacable, from L. implacabilis unappeasable, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + placabilis easily appeased (see PLACATE (Cf. placate)). Related: Implacably …
95placable — (adj.) c.1500, pleasing, from O.Fr. placable, from L. placabilis, from placare (see PLACATE (Cf. placate)). Related: Placability …
96placation — (n.) 1580s, from Fr. placation (16c.), from L. placationem, noun of action from pp. stem of placare (see PLACATE (Cf. placate)) …
97placatory — (adj.) 1630s, from L. placatorius appeasing, from placare (see PLACATE (Cf. placate)) …
98supple — c.1300, from O.Fr. souple pliant, flexible, from Gallo Romance *supples, from L. supplex (gen. supplicis) submissive, humbly begging, lit. bending, kneeling down, thought to be an altered form of *supplacos humbly pleading, appeasing, from sub… …
99please — [14] Please is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back to Latin placēre ‘please’ (a derivative of the same base as produced plācāre ‘calm, appease’, source of English implacable [16] and placate [17]). Related English words… …
100pacify — [pas′ə fī΄] vt. pacified, pacifying [ME pacifien < OFr pacefier < L pacificare < pax (gen. pacis), PEACE + facere, to make, DO1] 1. to make peaceful or calm; appease; tranquilize 2. a) to establish or secure peace in (a …
