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Antonyms for mollify

Grammar : Verb
Spell : mol-uh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒl əˌfaɪ


Definition of mollify

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to soften (a substance)," from Old French mollifier or directly from Late Latin mollificare "make soft, mollify" from mollificus "softening," from Latin mollis "soft" (see melt (v.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Transferred sense of "soften in temper, appease, pacify" is recorded from early 15c. Related: Mollified; mollifying.
  • verb pacify, soothe
Example sentences :
  • At first I had been suspicious; it might have been put on to mollify me.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • The boys who bully him will mollify toward him and accept his pie and sweetmeats.
  • Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
  • Conscious they deserved a scolding, they sent Josephine down first to mollify.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • The boys who bully him will mollify towards him, and accept his pie and sweetmeats.
  • Extract from : « The Christmas Books » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • We concluded the best policy, would be to prepare a feast to mollify them.
  • Extract from : « Sioux Indian Courts » by Doane Robinson
  • "I'll change my mind and have some too," he said, anxious to mollify her.
  • Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand
  • Evidently the whiskey, though it was the best Glenlivat, had failed to mollify him.
  • Extract from : « Not Like Other Girls » by Rosa N. Carey
  • Algernon had one inclination to strangle, and another to mollify the wretch.
  • Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith
  • This was not the way to mollify the old man, who could ruin her by a word.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Feather » by Houghton Townley
  • These were for the most part bribed, and their acclamations were to mollify the tyrant's mood.
  • Extract from : « A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete » by Georg Ebers

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