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mollify, v.
(mollified, mollifies, mollifying)
freq. cnt. 1

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

appease assuage conciliate gentle gruntle lenify mollify pacify placate

sample sentences

"She managed to mollify the angry customer"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pacification pacifier peace peace

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conciliative conciliation conciliator conciliation

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mollification mollification

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placatory placative placation

semantic pointers

hypernym

calm, quiet, still, calm down, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull

make less rigid or softer
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mollify

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semantic pointers

hypernym

make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
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moderate mollify season temper

sample sentences

"she tempered her criticism"

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derivationally related form

mollification mollification

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hypernym