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mollify

3 syllables · also mollified
verb
Quick answer

As a verb, mollify means ease a burden, particularly worry.

Meanings of mollify

5 meanings

verb

  1. To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.

  2. To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of.

  3. To soften; to make tender

  4. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

    “She managed to mollify the angry customer”

    Similar: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, placate

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

    “she tempered her criticism”

    Similar: temper, season, moderate

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for mollify →
verb: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
pacifylenifyconciliateassuageappeaseplacategentlegruntle
verb: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding so…
temperseasonmoderate

Words that rhyme with mollify

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