Meaning & use
mollified
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Soothed or calmed someone's anger or distress.
See it in a sentence
The manager mollified the angry customer with a full refund.
Her apology mollified him, but he still seemed a little hurt.
A note on using this word
The base verb "mollify" is fairly formal; it's more common in writing than in casual speech.
Words with a similar meaning
appeasedplacated
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Words with an opposite meaning
provokedangered
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