to mollify
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7.2
- verb
- /ˈmɑːlɪfaɪ/
:
aplacar
- The manager tried to mollify the angry customers by offering them discounts.
- tried to mollify
He needs to hold them together, but he also needs to mollify the Romans.
- He needs to hold them together, but he also needs to mollify the Romans.
- That's Aristotle's first well, seek to find something that mollifies their feelings.
- Like, don't mollify yourself with the feeling that you're a good person because you want to help people.
- So they concluded that the way to mollify the United States was to bring Jews from Eastern Europe to Japan.
Examples
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He needs to hold them together, but he also needs to mollify the Romans.
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I think the vast sum of money involved will mollify their scruples.
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But I tried to mollify Paul and explain, "Have no fears, my friend."
Fiction book (1991) -
Despite the clear and present need to mollify Moynihan, the administration did anything but.
Academic text (2006) -
And anyway, if it mollified her to a certain extent, so much the better.
Fiction book (1996) -
But if NASA really turned it into another Skylab, that might mollify whoever or whatever was behind these launches.
Fiction book (1996) -
Politicians in Washington have sought large federal solutions to mollify voter concerns and to respond to sensational headlines.
Academic text (2002) -
Orlow was somewhat mollified by the executive's more reasonable tone and knew that he was right.
Fiction book (1991) -
"I watched in amazement as Elizabeth mollified them all, changing from the angry older sister to the comforting one."
Fiction book (1994) -
Although Senate opponents may have been mollified by the newly overhauled S. 495, the White House was not.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
962
1.0
Make a person or animal less upset
594
1.4
To become less angry, excited, or upset
305
2.1
To make something less painful or difficult
166
2.3
Make pain, stress, or worry less
76
5.3
To make pain, suffering, or a problem less strong
63
4.2
Make a feeling or action less strong
63
3.4
To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain
50
3.1
Make something less strong or harsh
48
5.8
To calm someone by giving in to their demands
34
4.4
To make something less strong or intense
31
4.0
To become or make something softer, gentler, and more pleasant
28
7.0
To make someone less angry by saying or doing something kind
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7.7
To make a bad feeling, pain, or worry less strong
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3.9
To make someone more willing to agree or make something easier to bend
19
2.5
Feel less angry or excited
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6.9
To make fear, anger, or worry less strong
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5.2
To calm someone who is angry or upset
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4.7
Make bad news or a loss easier to accept
3
4.6
Make someone or something less noisy and calmer
2
4.5
To make a situation less tense by calming people
1
7.9
To stop people being angry and make them friendly again
1
6.2
Make an unpleasant thing seem easier to accept by adding something pleasant
To make a conflict or tense situation less dangerous and calmer
Make a tense situation calmer
Antonyms
How Calm
Surface Forms
Morphology
mollify = moll + ify
Although the ending '-ify' is recognizable, the bound root 'moll' is not an identifiable English base word for most learners, so the meaning cannot be reliably inferred from the parts.
Etymology
The word mollify comes from a Latin root moll- meaning 'soft' and the ending -fy meaning 'to make'. So to mollify someone is to 'make soft' their feelings — that is, to calm them or lessen anger.