Definition of mollifies Mollifies

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What does mollifies mean?

Part of speech

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  • mollifies, verb, present, 3rd person singular of mollify (infinitive).

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Verb

mollifies, mollifying, mollified  

mollify - make less rigid or softer
  soften become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
mollify - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
  pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, placate, gentle, gruntle
  quiet, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, lull, quieten, calm, still become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"
mollify - make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
  temper, season
  weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • mollify (v. t.)
    To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.
  • mollify (v. t.)
    To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • mollify
    To cause to be more favourably inclined.

Part of speech

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  • mollify, verb, present, 1st person singular of mollify (infinitive).
  • mollify, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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