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verb

past tense of mollify
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Recent Examples of mollified
Adjective
Sometimes, a particular human trait can moderate whether a person is going to be antagonistic toward AI artwork or more mollified. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Verb
But not everyone was mollified by the announcement. O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026 But the boy wouldn't be mollified. Danielle Parker, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026 While protesters may be frightened and grieving after last month's bloodbath, they're not mollified. Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026 Choi’s suggestions haven’t mollified Young Poong and MBK Partners. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 20 Jan. 2025 Netanyahu has mollified his overexuberant colleagues on the right mostly by acquiescing to their demands in the domestic sphere. Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mollified
Adjective
  • Neither Cola’s guilt over her actions nor her reasons for doing them appeased Carrie.
    Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Some residents, however, aren’t appeased.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • Luis Morales relieved Basso and allowed a big rally in the eighth that saw the Tigers bat around and culminated in a Dillon Dingler grand slam.
    Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Regan relieved him, and the Dodgers scored four runs to win the game.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Adjective
  • Gillian Anderson is elated that she’s been immortalized in minifigure form for the new LEGO X-Files set.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Either way, the team is elated to have the 39-year-old five-time All-Star and 2013 NL MVP, hyphens and all.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Saudi Arabia’s ability to get oil out via an alternate path had alleviated a lot of that stress.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Friedman might feel more comfortable denying the Arenado trade reports at this point, given that Muncy has alleviated fan concerns and Arenado has joined a division rival instead.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Adjective
  • But the Deadheads also evince an honest yearning for something that’s tribal, primitive, sacred, ancient, shamanic, ecstatic.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 July 2026
  • Produced by Meath and Sanborn, the album is said to pair environmental dread and personal upheaval with ecstatic dance music.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Paul is easily soothed, enjoys engaging with others, and feels comfortable in new environments.
    MARE Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Abbott’s campaign season turnabout on data centers doesn’t seem to have soothed many.
    Marc Levy, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Adjective
  • Audiences, however, have remained enraptured by its enduring story, in which one man’s public (and private) persona crumbles as one woman’s own star rises.
    Nathan Smith, Air Mail, 18 July 2026
  • But ate every single chicken wing, every single Waffle House, every single nugget from Buc-ee's, and were utterly enraptured.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The news release announcing the charges said FBI testing had confirmed the viruses were inactivated — Munster helped develop the inactivation technique — but that the scientists jeopardized Americans’ safety.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • The panic from the occupants struggling to grab floatation devices helped spur aviation-safety reforms, including mandatory preflight passenger briefings and improvements involving flotation equipment.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026

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“Mollified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mollified. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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