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Mollify is an English word with synonyms like pacify or tranquilize. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Mollify | Mollifying

Mollify meaning

  1. To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  2. To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
  3. To soften; to make tender.

Synonyms of Mollify

pacify tranquillise tranquillize tranquilize quiet calm down calm gruntle gentle placate appease assuage conciliate lenify quieten

Related words

Other words often associated with Mollify or its synonyms:

still lull agitate soothe affect solace comfort sedate console soft reconcile calmness

Using Mollify

  • The main meaning on this page is: To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort. | To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of. | To soften; to make tender.
  • Useful related words include: pacify, tranquillise, tranquillize, tranquilize.
  • In the example corpus, mollify often appears in combinations such as: to mollify, mollify the, mollify him.

Context around Mollify

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

americans 1×

Often after:

abusive 1× far 1× turkey 1× poor 1× gibraltarians 1× washington 1× disgruntled 1× president 1× hera 1× pausanias 1×

Sentence patterns with Mollify

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

able to mollify him 1× able to mollify his family 1× able to mollify president marcos 1× african americans mollify poor uneducated 1× amendments to mollify the sultan 1× attempt to mollify hera 1× attempted to mollify gibraltarians saying 1× hoping to mollify him after 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and he needs 1× business groups have 1× ellmann 1988 402 1× eugene black with 1× even a phased 1× friend and foe 1×

Common sentence endings:

adb in manila 1× could mollify him 1× engineering her debacle 1× gone to waste 1× ignored their suggestions 1× many international demands 1×

Words around Mollify

Just before it in the word index:

mollified 7 mollies 2 mollie 94 mollick 5 mollica 2 mollett 4

Just after it in the word index:

mollifying 3 mollisols 2 mollison 4 mollo 2 mollow 2 molloy 54

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Mollify

  • In this selection, "mollify" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, americans, abusive, far and turkey stand out and add context to how "mollify" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include able to mollify him and able to mollify his family. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mollify" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mollify

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Even a phased, geographically targeted plan may not mollify them. (10 words)

He was renamed Heracles in an unsuccessful attempt to mollify Hera. (11 words)

She attempted to mollify Gibraltarians, saying that “we will always stand by you. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Hoping to mollify him after denying a poll ticket, in 2019, the BJP fielded his daughter Rohini Khadse-Khevalkar, but she lost the polls, after which his (Khadse's) supporters charged Fadnavis with engineering her debacle. (36 words)

Srinagar: The attempts of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to mollify disgruntled Lok Sabha member of the party Muzaffar Hussain Baig bore fruit on Monday as the two leaders jointly chaired a meeting of the party here. (36 words)

And he needs to mollify far-right members of his own fragile coalition, who could withdraw from the government, resulting in his possible ouster, if he accedes to too many international demands. (32 words)

Example sentences (17)

The staff member apologised quickly – so quickly that I realised this is their policy to mollify abusive customers.

And he needs to mollify far-right members of his own fragile coalition, who could withdraw from the government, resulting in his possible ouster, if he accedes to too many international demands.

Even a phased, geographically targeted plan may not mollify them.

Friend and foe alike are left puzzled over what President Trump aimed to achieve by killing a top Iranian general, what he might do next or how Tehran could mollify him.

Hoping to mollify him after denying a poll ticket, in 2019, the BJP fielded his daughter Rohini Khadse-Khevalkar, but she lost the polls, after which his (Khadse's) supporters charged Fadnavis with engineering her debacle.

If both Iran and the United States refuse to recognize an independent Kurdistan and attach strict conditions to aid to Iraq and the KRG specifically, it should mollify Turkey’s fears.

The statues served a dual-purpose; intimidate African Americans, mollify poor, uneducated whites, helping the "landed gentry" maintain the oppressive status quo.

She attempted to mollify Gibraltarians, saying that “we will always stand by you.

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Business groups have welcomed reform pledges but complain Beijing is moving too slowly, making it unclear whether additional promises will mollify Washington, the European Union and other trading partners.

Srinagar: The attempts of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to mollify disgruntled Lok Sabha member of the party Muzaffar Hussain Baig bore fruit on Monday as the two leaders jointly chaired a meeting of the party here.

Ellmann (1988:402) Queensberry, who feuded regularly with his son, confronted Wilde and Lord Alfred about the nature of their relationship several times, but Wilde was able to mollify him.

Eugene Black, with the assistance of President Johnson was finally able to mollify President Marcos with the promise to locate the ADB in Manila.

He was renamed Heracles in an unsuccessful attempt to mollify Hera.

Rather than offend Attalus, Philip tried to mollify Pausanias by elevating him within the bodyguard.

The United Kingdom, France, and Austria united in proposing amendments to mollify the Sultan, but the court of St. Petersburg ignored their suggestions.

This was to mollify the concerns of Catholic members and the bishops who wanted to avoid any resemblance to freemasonry.

While pocketing a little extra cash, Hudson was also able to mollify his family's fears that his education had gone to waste.

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Common combinations with mollify

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "mollify" in a sentence?
An example: "The staff member apologised quickly – so quickly that I realised this is their policy to mollify abusive customers." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "mollify" from authentic English texts.
What does "mollify" mean?
Mollify means: To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
What are synonyms of "mollify"?
Common synonyms of "mollify" include: pacify, tranquillise, tranquillize, tranquilize, quiet, calm down, calm, gruntle. Plus 7 more synonyms.
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