🕊️conciliatory

adjective
/kənˈsɪliətɔːri/

Meaning

intended to make someone less angry or more agreeable; soothing

Example Sentences

She spoke in a conciliatory tone to ease the tension.

Synonyms

appeasing, pacifying, soothing, placatory, calming

Antonyms

hostile, antagonistic, confrontational

Collocations

conciliatory gesture, conciliatory tone, conciliatory approach

Related Vocabularies

Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.
Having good understanding or insight; able to perceive things clearly.
Spending much time reading or studying; scholarly but lacking practical experience.
Based on or serving as a hypothesis; supposed but not necessarily real or true.
relating to money, banking, or finance
Extremely angry; furious.

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