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mollify - Dictionary definition and meaning for mollify

MOLLIFY

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  • (verb) make less rigid or softer

    This fabric softener is guaranteed to mollify your laundry. -added by naila_inlas

  • (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate

    "she tempered her criticism"

    synonyms : season , temper

    She mollified her criticism when her daughter agreed to her conditions. -added by naila_inlas

  • (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

    "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

    synonyms : appease , assuage , conciliate , gentle , gruntle , lenify , pacify , placate

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for mollify

  • (Tag: English) mollify sounds like nullify...so just think of nullifying something...nullifying your temper

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  • (Tag: ) mollify molly + fy Molly is a girl (sounds like a proper name). A girl is soft!

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  • (Tag: English) mollify is opposite of molest (which is to beat up).

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  • (Tag: ) It is from sanskrit,mollify=mridu(soft)+fy(to make)

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