Found 2 items, similar to Mollifying.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mollify
mollify
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
“She managed to mollify the angry customer” [syn:
pacify,
lenify,
conciliate,
assuage,
appease,
placate,
gentle,
gruntle]
2: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
something else; moderate;
“she tempered her criticism”
[syn:
temper,
season]
3: make less rigid or softer
[also:
mollified]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mollifying
Mollify
\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.
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With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.
--Spenser.
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2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited
feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
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