Verb: mollify 'mó-li,fI
- Cause to be more favourably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to mollify the angry customer";
- pacify, lenify [archaic], conciliate, assuage, appease, placate, gentle, gruntle
- Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
"she mollified her criticism";
- temper, season, moderate
- Make less rigid or softer
"The warm water mollified the frozen ground"
Derived forms: mollifying, mollifies, mollified
Type of: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten [Brit], soften, still, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], tranquillize, weaken