Meaning of MOLLIFY
| Pronunciation: | | 'mâli`fI
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, pacify, placate, season, temper |
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| | See Also: | | calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, soften, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, weaken | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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