mollifies; mollified; mollifying
: to make (someone) less angry : to calm (someone) down
He tried to mollify his critics with an apology.
All attempts to mollify the extremists have failed.
The landlord fixed the heat, but the tenants still were not mollified.
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“Mollify.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/mollify. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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