Agonistic and Placating

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Agonistic adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.

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Placating is an antonym for agonistic.

Nearby Words: agonize, agonise

Placating adjective - Tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility.

Usage example: a placating comment that seemed to calm everyone down a bit

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Agonistic is an antonym for placating.

Nearby Words: placate, placated, placatory, placable

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