MOLLIFIED Synonyms: 180 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in appeased

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verb

past tense of mollify

as in comforted

to lessen the anger or agitation of an apology would probably mollify your friend

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to make more bearable or less severe a friendly gesture that did a lot to mollify their suspicions about the new neighbor

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Recent Examples of mollified

Adjective

Sometimes, a particular human trait can moderate whether a person is going to be antagonistic toward AI artwork or more mollified. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Verb

But not everyone was mollified by the announcement. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026 But the boy wouldn't be mollified. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026 While protesters may be frightened and grieving after last month's bloodbath, they're not mollified. — Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026 Choi’s suggestions haven’t mollified Young Poong and MBK Partners. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 20 Jan. 2025 Netanyahu has mollified his overexuberant colleagues on the right mostly by acquiescing to their demands in the domestic sphere. — Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2018

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Adjective

Neither Cola’s guilt over her actions nor her reasons for doing them appeased Carrie.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Some residents, however, aren’t appeased.

— Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026

Definition of appeased

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The Lincoln was relieved by the USS George Washington last week, and it is expected to make a port call in Thailand in the coming days, according to several news reports.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
The different kinds of Roman toilet At home, the poorest Romans relieved themselves in chamber pots.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of relieved

Adjective

Meanwhile, the kids were understandably less elated at the prospect of setting an alarm in the morning and having to pack school lunches every day.

— Melissa Willets, Parents, 20 Aug. 2026
Gillian Anderson is elated that she’s been immortalized in minifigure form for the new LEGO X-Files set.

— Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of elated

Adjective

The result was an eruption of buoyant experimentation, blending the organic and electronic with ecstatic melodies and avant-garde textures.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026
Third, the powder and paint was relentless to the point of ecstatic madness—exactly as Jouvert is meant to be.

— Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of ecstatic

Adjective

Audiences, however, have remained enraptured by its enduring story, in which one man’s public (and private) persona crumbles as one woman’s own star rises.

— Nathan Smith, Air Mail, 18 July 2026
But ate every single chicken wing, every single Waffle House, every single nugget from Buc-ee's, and were utterly enraptured.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

Definition of enraptured

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In 2020, Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University, which helped fund coronavirus research and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
From classic Amtrak routes crossing the Continental Divide to historic steam locomotives chugging through the state’s mining past, these journeys continue to preserve the stories, scenery and communities that helped shape the West.

— Jocelyn Rowley, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026

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