to mollify

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Definition von to mollify im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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To appease, pacify, gain the good will of

The angry goat was quite mollified by the respectful tone in which he was addressed.

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to soothe
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{v} to soften, assuage, appease, quiet
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To ease a burden; make less painful; to comfort
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{f} calm, soften, pacify, relieve, assuage
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cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
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make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
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make less rigid or softer
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To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground
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To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm
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To appease, gain the good will of
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If you mollify someone, you do or say something to make them less upset or angry. The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups. = placate. to make someone feel less angry and upset about something = placate (mollifier, from mollificare, from mollis )