Definitions for mollify



Overview of verb mollify

The verb mollify has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle

(cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer")

2. temper, season, mollify

(make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism")

3. mollify

(make less rigid or softer)

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