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mollifying

  • present participle
    of mollify.
    mollify
    verb (used with object)
    to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.

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This is evidently quite appealing, or mollifying, to many audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

But if you can get on its wavelength, there’s a mollifying charm to Travolta’s debut.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

It’s a great character moment for Danvers, who has been more comfortable than Navarro in mollifying the powers-that-be.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

Much of Adams Kellum’s early work will be about mollifying frustrations over the impact — or lack thereof — that the agency has had in stemming the growth of homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

Chamberlin was startled to see that Holmes’s false warmth seemed to be mollifying the creditors.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson