Definitions for mollify

mollify mol·li·fy

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

Mollify is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in mollify (fillmoy).

Definitions for mollify

verb (used with object)

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

Origin of mollify

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

Examples for mollify

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.

Word Value for mollify
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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