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 ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·mol·li·fied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mollified¹

mollify ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

But conservatives were not mollified by that argument.

From Los Angeles Times

There is someone who writes to me almost weekly about media’s failures — and I assume, ergo, my failure — and he won’t be mollified.

From Seattle Times

Anson says its extraction process — for which there is no example at scale in the U.S. — would be low-carbon and “environmentally responsible,” an assertion that has not mollified concern from some environmentalists and residents.

From Seattle Times

Republicans are cheered up at the thought of Trump wreaking revenge on their hated enemies and Democrats are briefly mollified by winning elections but it all feels so futile.

From Salon

Related Words

• blended
• tempered
• thawed