mollify

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verb

1. cause to be more favorably inclined;
gain the good will of (Freq. 1)
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
• Syn:
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease,
placate, gentle, gruntle
• Derivationally related forms:
placative (for: placate), placatory (for: placate), placation (for: placate), mollification, appeasable (for: appease), conciliative (for: conciliate), conciliation (for: conciliate), conciliator (for: conciliate), pacification (for: pacify), peace (for: pacify), pacifier (for: pacify)
• Hypernyms:
calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize,
tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to mollify Sue
2. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else;
moderate
- she tempered her criticism
• Syn:
temper, season
• Derivationally related forms:
mollification
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. make less rigid or softer
• Hypernyms:
soften
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  temper, season, pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, placate, gentle, gruntle