mollifying

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emollient
mollify
To appease, pacify, gain the good will of

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

mollify
to soothe
mollify
{v} to soften, assuage, appease, quiet
mollify
To ease a burden; make less painful; to comfort
mollify
{f} calm, soften, pacify, relieve, assuage
mollify
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
mollify
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
mollify
make less rigid or softer
mollify
To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground
mollify
To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm
mollify
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 )
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