Definition of mollify Mollify
/mɑˈlʌfajˌ/ - [malufay] - mol•li•fy
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What does mollify mean?
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| 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.
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mollify
To cause to be more favourably inclined.
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🔤- mollify, verb, present, 1st person singular of mollify (infinitive).
- mollify, verb (infinitive).
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