About The Word Mollify
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Mollify
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What's The Definition Of Mollify?
[v] make less rigid or softer
[v] make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" [v] cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify her angry boss" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mollify: appease | assuage | conciliate | gentle | gruntle | lenify | pacify | placate | season | temper Related Terms | Find terms related to Mollify: abate | allay | alleviate | anesthetize | appease | assuage | benumb | calm | calm down | compose | conciliate | cool | cradle | cushion | deaden | deaden the pain | decrease | defuse | diminish | dulcify | dull | ease | ease matters | even out | fluff | foment | gentle | give relief | hush | knead | laxate | lay | lay the dust | lessen | lighten | limber | limber up | loosen | lull | mash | massage | mellow | milden | mitigate | numb | pacify | pad | palliate | placate | plump | poultice | pour balm into | pour balm on | pour oil on | propitiate | pulp | quell | quiet | reduce | relax | relieve | rest | rock | rock to sleep | salve | shake up | slacken | slake | smash | smooth | smooth down | smooth over | smoothen | soften | soften up | soothe | squash | stabilize | steady | still | stupe | subdue | supple | sweeten | temper | tenderize | tone down | tranquilize | tune down See Also | calm | calm down | lull | quiet | quieten | soften | still | tranquilize | tranquillise | tranquillize | weaken Mollify In Webster's Dictionary \Mol"li*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mollified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Mollifying}.] [F. mollifier, L. mollificare; mollis
soft + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Enmollient}, {Moil},
v. t., and {-fy}.]
1. To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness,
harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the
ground.
With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.
--Spenser.
2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited
feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
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