mollifying
91mollify — mol|li|fy [ˈmɔlıfaı US ˈma: ] v past tense and past participle mollified present participle mollifying third person singular mollifies [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: mollifier, from Late Latin mollificare, from Latin mollis soft ] …
92Human Relations Movement — A school of the sociology of industry originating in the United States before the Second World War, whose influence spread to Britain for a short period after it. Human Relations (often referred to simply as HR) comprised both an academic… …
93mollify — (v.) late 14c., to soften (a substance), from O.Fr. mollifier or directly from L.L. mollificare make soft, mollify from mollificus softening, from L. mollis soft (see MELT (Cf. melt) (v.)) + root of facere to make (see FACTITIOUS (Cf …
94mollify — [[t]mɒ̱lɪfaɪ[/t]] mollifies, mollifying, mollified VERB If you mollify someone, you do or say something to make them less upset or angry. [FORMAL] [V n] The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups. Syn: placate Derived… …
95German Empire — The German Empire was proclaimed on January 18, 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, not far from where the Prussian army besieged Paris in the final days of the Franco Prussian War. The German Empire, occasionally referred to as the… …
96mollify — [ mɒlɪfʌɪ] verb (mollifies, mollifying, mollified) appease the anger or anxiety of. ↘rare reduce the severity of; soften. Derivatives mollification noun mollifier noun Origin ME: from Fr. mollifier or …
97assuasive — a. Soothing, assuaging, emollient, lenitive, lenient, mitigating, mitigative, mild, moderating, softening, mollifying, pacifying, composing, tranquillizing, quieting, stilling, quelling, allaying, abating, easeful, tempering, relieving, lulling …
98mild — a. 1. Tender, kind, gentle, merciful, clement, compassionate, indulgent, pacific. 2. Soft, gentle, bland, pleasant, suave. 3. Placid, calm, tranquil, soft, gentle, pleasant, kind. 4. Soft, gentle, pleasant. 5. Lenitive, assuasive, mollifying,… …
99mitigative — a. Lenitive, lenient, soothing, mollifying, assuaging, assuasive, emollient, mild …
100conciliatory — adjective a conciliatory gesture Syn: propitiatory, placatory, appeasing, pacifying, mollifying, peacemaking …
