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.
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With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.
--Spenser.
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2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited
feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mollify
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify,
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, placate,
gentle, gruntle]
2: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
[syn: temper, season]
3: make less rigid or softer
[also: mollified]
WordNet (r) 2.0
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "mollify":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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