mollifying
121mild — [adj1] gentle, temperate, nonirritating balmy, benign, benignant, blah*, bland, breezy, calm, choice, clear, clement, cool, dainty, delicate, demulcent, easy, emollient, exquisite, faint, fine, flat, genial, ho hum*, lenient, lenitive, light,… …
122soothing — [adj] comforting alleviating, calming, consolatory, consoling, easing, mollifying, pacifying, palliative, reassuring, relaxing, relieving, remedying, softening, tranquilizing, warming; concept 529 …
123mollify — [mäl′ə fī΄] vt. mollified, mollifying [ME molifien, MFr mollifier < LL mollificare, to soften < L mollis, soft (< IE * mḷdu , soft < base * mel , to crush > MILL1) + facere, to make, DO1] 1. to soothe the temper of; pacify; appease …
124respect — n. & v. n. 1 deferential esteem felt or shown towards a person or quality. 2 a (foll. by of, for) heed or regard. b (foll. by to) attention to or consideration of (without respect to the results). 3 an aspect, detail, particular, etc. (correct… …
125mollifyingly — adverb : in a mollifying manner …
126mol|li|fi|ca|tion — «MOL uh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of mollifying or softening: »For induration, or mollification, it is to be enquired what will make metals harder and harder, and what will make them softer and softer (Francis Bacon). 2. pacification; an… …
127mollicine — † ˈmollicine, a. Obs. 0 [ad. mod.L. mollicīnus (in mollicinum emplastrum soothing plaster, Phillips, ed. Kersey, 1706), inferred from late L. mollicīna a kind of soft garment.] Mollifying. Mayne Expos. Lex. s.v. Mollicinus …
128mollicinous — † mollicinous, a. Obs. [f. prec. + ous.] Softening, mollifying (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1891) …
