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- pronunciation:
- ma
lih
faI
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
mollifies, mollifying, mollified |
| definition 1: |
to ease or soothe the anger or emotion of; make calmer; appease.
They knew their mother was angry about the mud on the carpet, and they tried to mollify her by offering to wash the dog.- synonyms:
- appease, calm, pacify, placate, soothe
- antonyms:
- enrage, exasperate
- similar words:
- allay, alleviate, assuage, conciliate, disarm, ease, gentle, lull, palliate, tranquilize
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| definition 2: |
to lessen the violence, harshness, or intensity of; temper.
- synonyms:
- abate, blunt, mitigate, moderate, modify, temper, tone down
- antonyms:
- stir
- similar words:
- allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, dull, ease, lessen, lighten, lower, palliate, reduce, relax, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue
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| definition 3: |
to lessen the rigidity of; soften.
- synonyms:
- relax, slacken, soften
- similar words:
- allay, loosen
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| related words: |
compose, humor, hush, melt, relieve, still |
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| derivations: |
mollification (n.), mollifier (n.) |
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