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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
Existing stakeholders had to be mollified so that F1’s prize fund could grow to accommodate a new team rather than be diluted. — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 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
  • Such is the inverted morality of this world that Hesione is relieved to learn that Ellie has in fact arranged an assignation with the handsome Hector, who has flirted with the young woman under a flagrant alias.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • You'll be relieved to know this year's weather will be a treat, not a trick.
    — Tammie Souza, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • But there was so much the offense did well that both men had to be elated about the offense’s potential, too.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Everyone seemed pretty elated for coming out of a festival that hadn’t toppled the patriarchy, but had proven again that, in 2026, women rule music in virtually every qualifiable way.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Around the same time, fears of a smaller Chinese crop brought about by an exceptionally hot summer in Xinjiang were alleviated by stronger-than-expected yields.
    — SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • There are no guarantees that polling’s troubles – and persistent popular skepticism about the dependability of election polls – will be alleviated anytime soon.
    — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Heading upward, these slides impart moments of ecstatic, unworldly levitation.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Nevertheless, Eisenkot was ecstatic and determined late Tuesday as initial exit polls suggested a big loss for Netanyahu.
    — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The s and z sounds of cedar scent, soothed, breeze, petals, pads, crossed, shore, and small create a peaceful line of sound that mimics the smooth flow of a river.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • History was repeating, ancient bonds once damaged in war, silenced, and soothed in the quiet moments after.
    — Nicky Robertson, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • When one of her for-hire guardians speaks of her past as a musician, playing the pianoforte (piano) for enraptured listeners, Adelaide is entranced.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Political candidates, media figures and even our own government have helped promote the idea Indian Americans are foreigners who threaten this country.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • And similar experiments are playing out in other locales, including in Nigeria, where a 2025 study found access to Microsoft Copilot helped students learn English.
    — Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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“Mollified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mollified. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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