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Meanings of mollify in English

Portuguese
acalmar
Catalan
apaivagar
Spanish
aliviar

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.

      acalmar
      Portuguese
      temperar
      Catalan
      moderar
      Spanish
      moderar

      Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate.

            temperar
            Usage of mollify in English
            1
            Some wonder whether the move is an attempt to mollify irked affiliates.
            Wired
            2
            The change in tone did more to mollify her than anything else.
            Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
            3
            By looking serious Brooks sought to mollify the effect of his smile.
            The Colossus: A Novel
            4
            But the draft legislation failed to mollify the rightists and angered moderates.
            Reuters
            5
            The only way to get him to go is to mollify him.
            The Magic Egg, and Other Stories
            6
            Algernon had one inclination to strangle, and another to mollify the wretch.
            Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
            7
            Conscious they deserved a scolding, they sent Josephine down first to mollify.
            White Lies
            8
            Modly's apology also did little to mollify the crew on the carrier.
            Reuters
            9
            At the same time I essayed to mollify Mr. Westbrook, in vain!
            Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 4
            10
            In 2016, leave campaigners used language both to terrify people and mollify them.
            The Guardian
            11
            The jewels arrived from England in the Constellation, but did not mollify him.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 / A Maga...
            12
            Payt's simplified answer had seemed to mollify the boy for the time being.
            Mom over miami
            13
            I am sure that will be enough to mollify his anger against you.
            Jonathan strange and mr norrell
            14
            Well, there is in that something which might indeed mollify me.
            A Thorny Path — Volume 05
            15
            I withdrew my hand, but this did not mollify him much.
            The burglar who liked to quote kipling
            16
            Such an answer was not likely to mollify the royal commissioner.
            Christopher Columbus
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            Mollify through the time
            Mollify across language varieties
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