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MOLLIFY
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Irregular inflected form: mollified
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mollify ... he / she / it mollifies
Past simple: mollified
Past participle: mollified
-ing form: mollifying
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:
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)
