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• past participle of mollify.
• past tense form of mollify.

mollified

American  

[mol-uh-fahyd] / ˈmɒl əˌfaɪd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unmollified
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of mollified

mollify ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

mollified

Any misgivings Stewart had about taking on the Picard role in "Star Trek" were mollified by the thought it would be a one-season failure.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

He was not at all mollified by a problem with the GPS system that shows teams where all the cars are on track.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

They were not, in the main, mollified by the answers she was giving.

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2025

A handful of men wanting their money back are hustled away to be mollified by the patches before their train of thought has an opportunity to spread.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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