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What (who) is Mollify - definition
mollify
(mollifies, mollifying, mollified)
If you mollify someone, you do or say something to make them less upset or angry. (FORMAL)
The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.
= placate
VERB: V n
mollify
v. a.
1.
Soften, make soft.
2.
Appease, pacify, compose, soothe, tranquillize, calm, quiet.
3.
Assuage, mitigate, moderate, ease, allay, abate, temper, attemper, relieve, lessen, dull, blunt.
4.
Qualify, tone down, moderate.
Examples of use of Mollify
1. Again, though, it probably won‘t mollify Pauline.
2. Can John McCain somehow mollify all those angry conservatives?
3. This time, Pelosi was in no mood to mollify Dingell.
4. The proposal was seen by some lobbyists as a way to mollify adjutants general.
5. The company‘s president went to the state last week to mollify irritated election officials.