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mollify
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
mollifies; mollified; mollifying
mollifies; mollified; mollifying
Learner's definition of MOLLIFY
[+ object]
: to make (someone) less angry : to calm (someone) down安抚；使平静；使平息怒气
- He tried to mollify his critics with an apology.他试图通过道歉来安抚批评者。
- All attempts to mollify the extremists have failed.所有安抚极端主义者的努力都没能成功。
- The landlord fixed the heat, but the tenants still were not mollified.房东修好了暖气，但房客们仍怒气未消。
Did you know?
The Difference Between Mollify, Appease, and Placate
Mollify, like its synonyms pacify, appease, and placate, means "to ease the anger or disturbance of." But mollify is particularly well-suited for referring to an act of soothing hurt feelings or anger; it comes from the Latin mollis, meaning "soft."
Synonyms
Example Sentences
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 In an attempt to mollify regulators, Didi announced plans to move its listing from New York to Hong Kong. 
Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 8 June 2022 One was his decision to limit weapons sales to Taiwan to mollify Beijing, opting for stability over ideology. Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 But the guides have done little to mollify activists and some students who said the new language decree left them feeling ostracized. New York Times, 20 July 2022 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 See More
Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 8 June 2022 One was his decision to limit weapons sales to Taiwan to mollify Beijing, opting for stability over ideology. Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 But the guides have done little to mollify activists and some students who said the new language decree left them feeling ostracized. New York Times, 20 July 2022 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 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English mollifien, from Middle French mollifier, from Late Latin mollificare, from Latin mollis soft; akin to Greek amaldynein to soften, Sanskrit mṛdu soft, and probably to Greek malakos soft, amblys dull, Old English meltan to melt
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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