propitiated
past simple and past participle ofpropitiate
propitiate
verb[T]
formaluk/prəˈpɪʃ.i.eɪt/us/prəˈpɪʃ.i.eɪt/topleaseand makecalmagodorpersonwho isannoyedwith you:
In thosedayspeoplemightsacrificeagoatorsheepto propitiate anangrygod.
Theradicalsin thepartywereclearlysackedto propitiate theconservativecore.
Synonym
appeasedisapproving
Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circusesidiom
- calm
- chill
- let/blow off steamidiom
- lie down
- lightensomethingup
- lull
- lullsomeoneintosomething
- melt
- relaxation
- settle
- settle down
- shirt
- simmer
- simmer down
- slow down
Examplesofpropitiated
propitiated
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Since the imposition involved is on the speaker, it might seem odd that the requester should need to bepropitiated.
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She ispropitiatedespecially at times of pestilence, when chickenpox and measles strike.
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Desire is perceived as fate-the natural force that rules the self with impossible demands, the tyrant that can be neither mastered norpropitiated.
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Senior staff will bepropitiated, small concessions will be made and assurances will be given.
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Then the wheat grower waspropitiatedwith a quota, which is protection, trying hard to disguise itself.
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Itpropitiateda more civilized environment, in the political and social aspects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sun spirit, capable of rendering service or causing harm, also must bepropitiated.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All are potentially of the malignant type, to bepropitiatedby an appeal to knowledge of the supernatural.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Spirits of the dead were recognized, honored, andpropitiated.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Even the benevolent guardian spirits arepropitiatedfrom time to time for the all-round wellbeing of a household.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The unwholesome spectres of the restless dead, the "lemures" or "larvae" werepropitiatedwith offerings of beans.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the "genius" of the "imperator", or commander of all troops, was to bepropitiated, so was that of all the units under his command.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They arepropitiatedto ward off evils and hard times.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 1968, it approved a revitalization plan that it resulted unsuccessfulpropitiatedscarcely a slight development of the zone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She waspropitiatedby libations poured with the left hand.
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- mortality
- mortality rate
- mortality-rate
- mortality ratio
- mortality ratio
- mortality salience
- mortality table
- mortality-table
- mortally
- mortal sin
- mortal-sin
- mortal world
- mortar
- mortarboard
- mortgage
- mortgage application
- mortgage application
- mortgage-backed
- mortgage-backed
- mortgage banker
- mortgage bond
- mortgage-bond
- mortgage borrowing
- mortgage-borrowing
- mortgage broker