How to pronounce mollify
American English pronunciation
MOL-uh-fy
- IPA
- /ˈmɑləˌfaɪ/
- Syllables
- MOL · uh · fy (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What mollify means
To calm someone's anger by being nice to them
In a sentence: A warm cookie mollified my grumpy little brother.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning soft.
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