had been mollifying

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of mollify.
  mollify

  verb (used with object)

  to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.

Related Words

• allay
• alleviate
• ameliorate
• appease
• assuage
• blunt
• lessen
• lull
• mitigate
• pacify
• placate
• quell
• relieve
• temper