Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To calm the anger of; soothe or appease. synonym: pacify.
- transitive verb To lessen, as in intensity; assuage.
- transitive verb Archaic To reduce the rigidity of; soften.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To soften; make soft or tender.
- To soothe; mitigate; appease; pacify; calm or quiet.
- To make less harsh; qualify; tone down; moderate; abate.
- To induce or incline by making tender.
- Synonyms and To mitigate, ease, moderate.
- To soothe, quiet.
- To become soft or tender.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify.
- transitive verb To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
ease aburden ; make lesspainful ; tocomfort - verb To
appease ,pacify , gain thegood will of. - verb To
soften ; to maketender
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
- verb make less rigid or softer
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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If this place is any indication, there is nothing that will "mollify" his critics.
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As All Things Digital notes, that was one of the concessions that Epix (which is a budding cable channel in addition to a Web property) had to make to "mollify" its cable partners.
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The fact that she's a "straight shooter" on global warming may be related to the fact that she couldn't "mollify" people about
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The fact that she's a "straight shooter" on global warming may be related to the fact that she couldn't "mollify" people about Thiomersal.
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Obama memo from Gibbs and Simmons says Palin appointment done to "mollify" right wingers.
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I had no illusions that this compromise would mollify the competing camps.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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I had no illusions that this compromise would mollify the competing camps.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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I had no illusions that this compromise would mollify the competing camps.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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I don't think that is accurate, but something that the people around them say to themselves to mollify their own rage at the narcissist, e.g., "Oh, they only act that way, because they lack self-esteem."
Mark Goulston, M.D.: Rage -- Coming Soon From a Narcissist Near You M.D. Mark Goulston 2012
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I don't think that is accurate, but something that the people around them say to themselves to mollify their own rage at the narcissist, e.g., "Oh, they only act that way, because they lack self-esteem."
Mark Goulston, M.D.: Rage -- Coming Soon From a Narcissist Near You M.D. Mark Goulston 2012
koldewyse commented on the word mollify
Molly.
January 8, 2008
kewpid commented on the word mollify
eh?
January 8, 2008
lweber5@scf.edu commented on the word mollify
Dictionary.com, He tried to mollify his critics with an apology.
November 5, 2010
mohitanand commented on the word mollify
verb: to make someone angry less angry; placate
In the morning, Janine was unable to mollify Harry, if he happened to become angry, unless he'd had his cup of coffee.
October 19, 2016