Mollify
verb
To make someone less angry or upset by saying or doing things to please them.
He tried to mollify his critics with an apology.
Often appears as...
- mollify someone's anger
- mollify someone's concerns
verb
To decrease the intensity of something, like pain or discomfort.
The medicine mollified the pain in his leg.
Often appears as...
- mollify the pain
- medications to mollify
verb
To make someone less angry or upset by saying or doing things to please them.
He tried to mollify his critics with an apology.
Often appears as...
- mollify someone's anger
- mollify someone's concerns
verb
To decrease the intensity of something, like pain or discomfort.
The medicine mollified the pain in his leg.
Often appears as...
- mollify the pain
- medications to mollify
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Soothing
Use 'mollify' when referring to reducing someone's emotional distress or anger.
She baked his favorite cookies to mollify his frustration.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Peacemaking
Mollify implies an active effort to restore peace and calm in a person or situation.
The manager implemented new policies to mollify the unrest among employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Effect
Often, 'mollify' suggests a temporary relief, not a permanent solution.
His reassuring words mollified her, but she still felt anxious.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Soothing
Use 'mollify' when referring to reducing someone's emotional distress or anger.
She baked his favorite cookies to mollify his frustration.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Peacemaking
Mollify implies an active effort to restore peace and calm in a person or situation.
The manager implemented new policies to mollify the unrest among employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Effect
Often, 'mollify' suggests a temporary relief, not a permanent solution.
His reassuring words mollified her, but she still felt anxious.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Soothing
Use 'mollify' when referring to reducing someone's emotional distress or anger.
She baked his favorite cookies to mollify his frustration.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Peacemaking
Mollify implies an active effort to restore peace and calm in a person or situation.
The manager implemented new policies to mollify the unrest among employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Effect
Often, 'mollify' suggests a temporary relief, not a permanent solution.
His reassuring words mollified her, but she still felt anxious.
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Quote examples
Kellyanne Conway
American Businesswoman
Romney, like Sen. John McCain and Bob Dole before him, were meant to mollify moderates, attract Independents, and 'rebrand' the party in a way that mostly fits the ideal of media types who would never vote Republican anyhow. Each of them lost.
Quote examples
Timothy Noah
American Journalist
One can imagine nonviolent or minimally violent ways to reduce or eliminate hatred, but there's no mollifying evil.
Quote examples
Kellyanne Conway
American Businesswoman
Romney, like Sen. John McCain and Bob Dole before him, were meant to mollify moderates, attract Independents, and 'rebrand' the party in a way that mostly fits the ideal of media types who would never vote Republican anyhow. Each of them lost.
Quote examples
Timothy Noah
American Journalist
One can imagine nonviolent or minimally violent ways to reduce or eliminate hatred, but there's no mollifying evil.
Example 1 of 2
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