Definitions for mollifies

mollifies mol·li·fy

Spelling: [mol-uh-fahy]
IPA: /ˈmɒl əˌfaɪ/

Mollifies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in mollifies (efiillmos).

Definitions for mollifies

verb (used with object)

  1. to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
  2. to mitigate or reduce; soften:
  3. to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
  4. to mitigate or reduce; soften:

Origin of mollifies

1350-1400; Middle English Middle French mollifier Late Latin mollificāre, equivalent to Latin molli(s) soft + -ficāre -fy

Examples for mollifies

The boys who bully him will mollify toward him and accept his pie and sweetmeats.

The appointments of Al-Sisi and Mekki are no doubt intended to mollify such concerns.

Meanwhile, on Friday, Holder made a round of calls to Capitol Hill in an attempt to mollify concerned lawmakers.

At first I had been suspicious; it might have been put on to mollify me.

Conscious they deserved a scolding, they sent Josephine down first to mollify.

The boys who bully him will mollify towards him, and accept his pie and sweetmeats.

We concluded the best policy, would be to prepare a feast to mollify them.

And perhaps most important, to deflect criticism and mollify opponents with politesse and wit.

Obama moved to mollify them, although how well it worked is unclear; both Dunn and Romer have since left the administration.

He was actually soft as mush, straining to mollify Hispanics without roiling his own nativist base.

But this was a trifle; a woman enjoys nothing more keenly and deeply than the superiority of the man who mollifies her.

Well; this mollifies a little: I am content he shall see me.

He's half started to bow his neck at Boggs, but they mollifies him.

This mollifies him, and he politely shows us what he is doing.

Word Value for mollifies
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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