mollify

Meaning

1. To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
2. To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
3. To soften; to make tender.

Synonyms

pacify

appease

soothe

soften

satisfy

temper

conciliate

placate

calm

mitigate

gentle

moderate

allay

quiet

tranquillize

comfort

season

assuage

tranquilize

gruntle

calm down

mellow

gratify

move someone

touch someone

lenify

modulate

negate

nullify

palliate

persuade

plasticize

please

preserve

press

puddle

quieten

reconcile

reduce

relieve

sedate

shorten

sweeten

tempt

tranquillise

weaken

wheedle

bring to an end

prevail upon

yield to

Translations

apaiser

calmer

mildern

yumuşatmak

atemperar

besänftigen

apaciguar

aplacar

moderar

μαλακώνω

μαλάσσω

ammorbidire

amadouer

beschwichtigen

lindern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɒlɪfaɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mollifien

In summary

From Middle English mollifien, from Late Latin mollificō, from Latin mollis (“soft”).