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mollify (v.)
1.make less rigid or softer
2.make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate"she tempered her criticism"
3.cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
4.lessen the intensity of or calm"The news eased my conscience" "still the fears"
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Merriam Webster
MollifyMol"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.
With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts. Spenser.
2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
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⇨ definición de mollify (Wikipedia)
mollify (v.)
abate, allay, appease, assuage, calm, charm, conciliate, ease, gentle, gruntle, humour, lenify, lessen, lull, move, pacify, placate, propitiate, relieve, season, soften, soothe, still, sweeten, temper, thaw, tone down, touch, quieten (British), tranquilize (spéc. anglais américain), tranquillise (spéc. anglais britannique), win over (colloquial)
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mollify (v.)
↘ appeasement, beguiling, calming, emotion, lulling, mollification, pacification, quietening, tenderness
mollify (v.)
faire pitié (fr)[Classe]
communiquer une émotion plutôt vive, émouvoir (fr)[Classe]
amadouer (fr)[Classe]
(tenderness)[termes liés]
mollify (v.)
soften[Hyper.]
mollify (v.)
weaken[Hyper.]
mollification, pacification - mollification[Dérivé]
mollify (v.)
induire en erreur (fr)[Classe]
caresse (fr)[termes liés]
(compliment; kudos; praise; bravo; cheers; felicitation; congratulation), (admirer)[termes liés]
calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize[Hyper.]
mollification, pacification - conciliation, placation, propitiation - baby's dummy, comforter, pacifier, teething ring - ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, rest, serenity - conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler - peace - mollification - conciliation - conciliative, conciliatory - appeasing, placating, placative, placatory - appeasable, conciliable[Dérivé]
mollify (v.)
faire devenir calme, tranquille (fr)[Classe]
dispute (fr)[termes liés]
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