Vocabulary
Conciliatory
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
intended or likely to placate or pacify.
Urdu meaning
مصالحت، منانا، دلکش
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- In the current stand-off, celebrities who posted conciliatory messages after the first wave of crossborder attacks were heavily criticised and labelled as sell-outs by social media users.
- Jawaharlal Nehru, alongside Sukarno, was a dominant figure at Bandung, but Zhou Enlai stole the show on China`s behalf with his conciliatory attitude, bereft of ideological fervour.
- The public does not seem to have forgotten and the national mood is hardly conciliatory.
- Interestingly, in recent days, several PTI leaders who are perceived within the party to be advocates of a more conciliatory stance towards the security establishment have managed to secure long meetings with the former prime minister.
- Our feeling is that the attitude of Pakistan has been most conciliatory in the matter`.
Synonyms
propitiatory, appeasing, placatory, pacifying, mollifying, pacific, so as to pour oil on
Curator example
“a conciliatory approach”
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