'Mollifying' definitions:
Definition of 'Mollifying'
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 'mollifying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appeasing,
- calming,
- conciliatory,
- cradling,
- demulcent,
- dreamy,
- drowsy,
- easing,
- emollient,
- gentling,
- hushing,
- irenic,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- pacific,
- pacificatory,
- pacifying,
- placative,
- placatory,
- propitiative,
- propitiatory,
- quietening,
- reconciliatory,
- relaxing,
- restful,
- rocking,
- softening,
- soothful,
- soothing,
- stilling,
- subduing,
- tranquilizing