mollify

🇬🇧 UK/'mɒlifai/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To calm someone's anger or anxiety; to appease or pacify.

平息,安抚,缓和(怒气或焦虑)

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
mollifyother
=mollify

Common Collocations

  • 1.mollify concerns缓解顾虑
  • 2.mollify anger平息愤怒
  • 3.mollify fears消除恐惧

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The company offered a refund to [mollify] angry customers.

  • 2.

    She spoke softly to [mollify] the upset child before bedtime.

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