Advertisement
Advertisement
View synonyms for
mollify
/ ˈɒɪˌڲɪ /
verb
- to pacify; soothe
- to lessen the harshness or severity of
Discover More
Derived Forms
- ˈDZˌھ, noun
- ˌDZھˈپDz, noun
- ˈDZˌھ, adjective
Discover More
Other 51Թ Forms
- DZ··ھ··پDz [mol-, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
- DZ··ھ· noun
- DZ··ڲ·Բ· adverb
- DZ··ھ·· adjective
- ·DZ··ڲ verb (used with object) remollified remollifying
- un·DZ··ھ·· adjective
- ܲ·DZ··ڲ·Բ adjective
Discover More
51Թ History and Origins
Discover More
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mollify1
C15: from Old French mollifier, via Late Latin, from Latin mollis soft + facere to make
Discover More
Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
Paramount, however, could face legal blowback if it shells out a huge amount to mollify Trump.
From
Of any attempt to mollify Trump, he said "good luck with that".
From
The answer is complicated, but that won’t necessarily mollify a California electorate that seems anxious, aggrieved and out of sorts — especially as regards the state’s current chief executive.
From
The fact that it was supposed to be temporary did not mollify the people who disliked it, chief among them the short-story writer Guy de Maupassant.
From
The first of these groups includes Bannon and may be the trickiest to mollify.
From
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse