All placate antonyms
plaΒ·cate
P p verb placate
- go for broke β a simple past tense of break.
- agonize β If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.
- lollop β British Dialect. to loll; lounge.
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- knock over β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- joggling β Present participle of joggle.
- fret β to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- buffaloing β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- demoralize β If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- hit on β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- give the business β an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- burn up β If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- displease β to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
- harass β to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- in flames β to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- fire up β start ignition of
- commoving β Present participle of commove.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- noodge β to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
- outrage β an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- exacerbate β Make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
- martyred β a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- give a hard time β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- clean out β If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- bump β If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- curvet β a low leap with all four feet off the ground
- affront β If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- agonise β to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
- dump on β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- dithering β a trembling; vibration.
- martyring β a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- fussed β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- dispraise β to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
- barged β a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- wring β to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
- muck up β a bungled or disordered situation; foul-up.
- commove β to disturb; stir up
- give the slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- incense β an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- make waves β a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- bring forth β to give birth to
- hacking β a rack for drying food, as fish.
- martyrize β to make a martyr of: The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
- infuriate β to make furious; enrage.
- deviled β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- curdled β Containing curds.
- fussing β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.