mollify (Meaning)
mollify (v)
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
make less rigid or softer
mollify (v. t.)
To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.
To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
Synonyms & Antonyms of mollify
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- outrage
- pique
- rouse
- bother
- get
- inflame
- irk
- inflame
- cross
- vex
- ire
- get
- antagonize
- vex
- cross
- put out
- annoy
- burn (up)
- aggravate
- enrage
- rankle
- aggravate
- anger
- irritate
- rankle
- enrage
- anger
- irk
- ire
- exasperate
- rile
- bother
- rile
- infuriate
- exasperate
- irritate
- rouse
- infuriate
- provoke
- pique
- provoke
- annoy
- burn (up)
- antagonize
- put out
- outrage
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- gall
- grate
- persecute
- worry
- roil
- agitate
- grate
- distress
- madden
- disturb
- enflame
- perturb
- madden
- offend
- bug
- harry
- gall
- ruffle
- disturb
- chafe
- discomfort
- chafe
- discomfort
- pester
- enflame
- harry
- offend
- worry
- upset
- distress
- bug
- pester
- unsettle
- persecute
- unsettle
- perturb
- upset
- roil
- ruffle
- harass
- agitate
- incense
- incense
- harass
mollify Sentence Examples
- The politician's conciliatory words were intended to mollify the angry protesters.
- The calming music seemed to mollify the crying child.
- The company's apology was intended to mollify customers who had been inconvenienced.
- Her soothing voice had the ability to mollify even the most agitated person.
- The teacher hoped that the extra credit assignment would mollify the students who had failed the exam.
- The government's concessions were designed to mollify the opposition and prevent further conflict.
- The flowers and chocolates were meant to mollify the hurt feelings of the wronged party.
- The victim's plea for mercy failed to mollify the ruthless attacker.
- The nurse tried to mollify the anxious patient by explaining the procedure in detail.
- The therapist's soothing techniques were used to mollify the client's PTSD symptoms.
FAQs About the word mollify
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of, make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else, make less rigid or softerTo s
appease, conciliate, please, console, assuage, calm, satisfy, disarm, comfort, soothe
outrage, pique, rouse, bother, get, inflame, irk, inflame, cross, vex
The politician's conciliatory words were intended to mollify the angry protesters.
The calming music seemed to mollify the crying child.
The company's apology was intended to mollify customers who had been inconvenienced.
Her soothing voice had the ability to mollify even the most agitated person.
