mollify
verb (used with object), mol·li·fied, mol·li·fy·ing.
Origin of mollify
Related Words for mollify
mitigate, placate, appease, assuage, relieve, lessen, quell, lull, alleviate, pacify, ameliorate, allay, blunt, temper, lighten, compose, moderate, conciliate, ease, dulcifyExamples from the Web for mollify
Contemporary Examples of mollify
Meanwhile, on Friday, Holder made a round of calls to Capitol Hill in an attempt to mollify concerned lawmakers.
The appointments of Al-Sisi and Mekki are no doubt intended to mollify such concerns.
He was actually soft as mush, straining to mollify Hispanics without roiling his own nativist base.
Obama moved to mollify them, although how well it worked is unclear; both Dunn and Romer have since left the administration.
And perhaps most important, to deflect criticism and mollify opponents with politesse and wit.
Historical Examples of mollify
At first I had been suspicious; it might have been put on to mollify me.
RomanceJoseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
The boys who bully him will mollify toward him and accept his pie and sweetmeats.
The Ontario High School ReaderA.E. Marty
Conscious they deserved a scolding, they sent Josephine down first to mollify.
White LiesCharles Reade
The boys who bully him will mollify towards him, and accept his pie and sweetmeats.
The Christmas BooksWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
We concluded the best policy, would be to prepare a feast to mollify them.
Sioux Indian CourtsDoane Robinson