Mollify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To calm in temper or feeling; soothe. See Synonyms at pacify.
  • v. To lessen in intensity; temper.
  • v. To reduce the rigidity of; soften.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To ease a burden; make less painful; to comfort
  • v. To appease, pacify, gain the good will of.
  • v. To soften; to make tender
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify.
  • v. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
  • v. make less rigid or softer
  • v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  • Verb Form
    mollified    mollifies    mollifying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weaken    soften    calm    tranquillise    calm down   
    Variant
    mollified   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pacify    calm    soothe    comfort    satisfy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    disqualify    qualify    requalify