lenify

• Veralteter Begriff mit der Bedeutung, jemanden zu besänftigen, zu mildern oder nachgiebiger zu machen; auch: etwas zu lindern oder abzuschwächen.

An obsolete verb meaning to assuage, mitigate, or make lenient; to soften or alleviate.

1. To soothe or calmC2formal

   To make someone feel less angry, upset, or distressed; to pacify or mollify.

   Besänftigen

   • The diplomat tried to lenify the tensions between the two nations.
   • A gentle apology can often lenify a hurt friend.
   • She used soft music to lenify her anxious mind.

   Synonymeabateallayalleviateappeaseassuagecalmconciliateeasemitigatemoderatemollifypacifyplacatequellrelievesoftensoothesweetentempertranquilize

   Antonymeagitateangerannoyenrageexasperatefrustrateincenseinfuriateirritateprovokerileupset