mollified

[mol-uh-fahyd]

adjective

1. having been pacified or appeased, or showing appeasement.

   The mollified plaintiffs agreed to withdraw their claim.

   "That's better," Keisha said in a mollified tone.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of mollify.

Other Word Forms

• unmollified adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mollified¹

mollify ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Nvidia will likely exceed earnings expectations but the question is whether investors will be mollified or not,” she added.

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Investors took fright that the deficit will spiral out of control and were mollified somewhat Friday morning when Britain’s Treasury leaked that rosier economic forecasts might leave her with a smaller budget gap.

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He ideally would like to bring Western nations along, yet they believe his hunger for peace outweighs his wish to ensure European leaders are mollified.

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Neither move mollified Carter, who gave Bass until May to fix the broken system, vowing to become “your worst nightmare” should she fail.

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Tygart was not mollified, saying: “China seemingly has the playbook to compete under a different set of rules tilting the field in their favor.”

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