Definitions for: Mollify


[v] make less rigid or softer
[v] make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
[v] cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify her angry boss"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, pacify, placate, season, temper

See Also: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, soften, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, weaken

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