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MOLLIFY

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: mollified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make less rigid or softer

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "mollify" is one way to...):

soften (make soft or softer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

she tempered her criticism

Synonyms:

moderate; mollify; season; temper

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "mollify" is one way to...):

weaken (lessen the strength of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

mollification (the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined)

mollification (a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Example:

She managed to mollify the angry customer

Synonyms:

appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; gruntle; lenify; mollify; pacify; placate

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "mollify" is one way to...):

calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (make calm or still)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to mollify Sue

Derivation:

mollification (the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined)

mollification (a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered)

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