Mollification — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered

the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˌɑːlɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/mˌɒlɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˌɒlɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/

5 syllables Say it as /mˌɑːlɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/.

Examples

a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants
his unsuccessful mollification of the mob

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pacification

Parts of Speech

noun	a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered
noun	the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined “a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants”

Word Forms

mollify	verb	cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
pacify	verb	cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Besänftigung

ein Zustand der Besänftigung, Besserung oder Gemilderung

🇫🇷French

amollissement

un état d'être apaisé ou amélioré ou tempéré

🇪🇸Spanish

molificación

un estado de ser apaciguado o mejorado o templado

🇮🇹Italian

addolcimento

uno stato di essere placato, migliorato o temperato

🇳🇱Dutch

vertedering

een staat van kalmte, verbetering of tempering

🇵🇹Portuguese

apaziguamento

um estado de apaziguamento, melhoria ou moderação

🇷🇺Russian

смягчение

состояние умиротворения, улучшения или смягчения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शमन

प्रसन्न या सुधारा या संयमित किये जाने की अवस्था या भाव

🇮🇳Tamil

உருகுதல்

சமாதானப்படுத்தப்பட்ட அல்லது மேம்படுத்தப்பட்ட அல்லது நிதானமாக இருக்கும் நிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

మొలిఫికేషన్

శాంతింపజేయడం లేదా మెరుగుపడటం లేదా నిగ్రహించబడిన స్థితి

🇮🇳Marathi

मॉलिफिकेशन

शांत होण्याची किंवा सुधारण्याची किंवा स्वभावाची स्थिती

🇮🇳Gujarati

મોલીફિકેશન

ખુશ થવાની અથવા સુધારેલ અથવા સ્વભાવની સ્થિતિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೊಲೀಕರಣ

ಸಮಾಧಾನಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಅಥವಾ ಸುಧಾರಿಸುವ ಅಥವಾ ಮೃದುಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മോളിഫിക്കേഷൻ

സമാധാനിപ്പിക്കുകയോ മെച്ചപ്പെടുത്തുകയോ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കോപിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുന്ന അവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੋਲੀਫਿਕੇਸ਼ਨ

ਸੰਤੁਸ਼ਟ ਜਾਂ ਸੁਧਾਰੀ ਜਾਂ ਸੁਭਾਅ ਵਾਲੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

安抚

一种安抚、改善或缓和的状态

🇯🇵Japanese

軟化

なだめられている、改善されている、または和らげられている状態

🇰🇷Korean

진정

진정되거나 개선되거나 단련된 상태

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự xoa dịu

một trạng thái được xoa dịu hoặc cải thiện hoặc nóng nảy

🇹🇭Thai

การกลายเป็นโมฆะ

สภาพของการสงบลงหรือดีขึ้นหรือสงบลง

🇮🇩Indonesian

redanya

keadaan ditenangkan atau diperbaiki atau marah

🇲🇾Malay

mollifikasi

keadaan ditenangkan atau diperbaiki atau dimarah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التهدئة

حالة من الاسترضاء أو التحسن أو التخفيف

🇮🇷Persian

نرم شدن

حالتی از مماشات یا بهبود یا اعتدال

🇹🇷Turkish

dindirme

yatıştırılma veya iyileştirilme veya temperlenme durumu

🇮🇱Hebrew

ריכוך

מצב של פיוס או שיפור או מזג

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