mollify

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.

   mollify someone’s anger

2. verb To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.

   He tried to mollify the angry customer.

3. verb To soften; to make tender.

Similar words

lenify appease assuage placate pacify gentle conciliate gruntle soothe allay

Often followed by

the him his her them and their a those

Word family

mollification mollifications mollified mollifies mollifying