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. [1913 Webster] With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm. [1913 Webster]