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mollify

verb

1 mollify

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of:
— She managed to mollify the angry customer.

synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, pacify, placate.

Roget 174: be moderate etc. adj.; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail.    moderate, soften, mitigate, ... show more

Dutch: kalmeren, verzoenen, tevreden stellen, matigen, bedaren, vertederen, sussen

2 mollify

Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else.

synonyms: moderate, season, temper.

Roget 324: render soft etc. adj.; soften, mollify, mellow, relax, temper; mash, knead, squash.    bend, yield, relent, ... show more

3 mollify

Make less rigid or softer.


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 ... show more.

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mollifying

Moby thesaurus: appeasing, calming, conciliatory, cradling, demulcent, dreamy, drowsy, easing, emollient, gentling, hushing, irenic, loosening, lulling, pacific, pacificatory, pacifying, placative, placatory, propitiative ... show more.

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