Mollifying Definition & Meaning

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pacify, appease, placate, mollify, propitiate, conciliate mean to ease the anger or disturbance of. pacify suggests a soothing or calming. pacified by a sincere apology appease implies quieting insistent demands by making concessions. appease their territorial ambitions placate suggests changing resentment or bitterness to goodwill. a move to placate local opposition mollify implies soothing hurt feelings or rising anger. a speech that mollified the demonstrators propitiate implies averting anger or malevolence especially of a superior being. propitiated his parents by dressing up conciliate suggests ending an estrangement by persuasion, concession, or settling of differences. conciliating the belligerent nations

Examples of mollify in a Sentence

He tried to mollify his critics with an apology. All attempts to mollify the extremists have failed. The landlord fixed the heat, but the tenants still were not mollified.

Recent Examples on the Web As tech staffers raced to fix the problem and mollify unhappy customers, Mr. Armstrong offered encouragement, assuring a tech employee the CEO stood behind him. — Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Didi’s investors voted in May to delist from the New York Stock Exchange, in hopes that a return home would help mollify Beijing regulators. — Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post, 21 July 2022 Most states have some form of exemptions for reasons of personal or religious beliefs, a legacy from the 1960s and ’70s, when, as a way to mollify resistance and get mandates passed, legislators included these loopholes. — New York Times, 25 May 2022 The Prime Minister agreed to lift fuel price caps, increase taxes on the wealthy and slash the budget deficit in order to mollify the lender-of-last-resort. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 June 2022 In response, American leaders have made significant efforts to mollify them. — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 23 June 2022 That didn't mollify Regent Denise Ilitch, who said U-M needs to do better on holding down tuition, noting the school has increased tuition every year for the past 38 years. — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2022 Once again, the question is what will mollify Mr. Erdogan and ensure his support for admitting Sweden and Finland. — New York Times, 30 May 2022 No, the November trade for Texas Rangers shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa and the March deal that sent powerful but defensively deficient catcher Gary Sanchez to Minnesota did not mollify the masses. — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022 See More

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