Antonyms of adj placatory
1 sense of placatory
Sense 1
appeasing (prenominal), placating, placative, placatory -- (intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech")
INDIRECT (VIA conciliatory) -> antagonistic -- (arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonistic brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States")
Similarity of adj placatory
1 sense of placatory
Sense 1
appeasing (prenominal), placating, placative, placatory -- (intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech")
=> conciliatory (vs. antagonistic), conciliative -- (intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit")