'Mollify' definitions:
Definition of 'mollify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle]
verb
Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" [syn: temper, season, mollify]
verb
Make less rigid or softer
Definition of 'Mollify'
From: GCIDE
- Mollify \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. [1913 Webster]
- With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mollify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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