Past tense of mollify

Forms of mollify

Mollified in a sentence

• The angry goat was quite mollified by the respectful tone in which he was addressed.1916, L. Frank Baum, chapter 5, in Rinkitink in Oz
• Earlier this year, amid the challenge to the public charge rule arising from the Covid-19 virus, Chief Justice John Roberts took the lead against immigrant interests yet mollified liberals poised to dissent publicly, CNN’s Joan Biskupic reported this week.2020 July 29, Priscilla Alvarez, “Judge blocks administration from implementing ‘public charge’ rule for immigrants during pandemic”, in CNN
• "Now we're getting on, sir," was the mollified admission.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry freshness
• I conceded I might have slightly mollified if it had been Wendy Rieger in that clingy leopard skin blouse she wears on Channel 4.2003, Tony Kornheiser, I'm Back for More Cash (Because You Can't Take Two Hundred Newspapers into the Bathroom), page 255. From the entry clingy

Meaning of mollify

1. verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
2. verb To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
3. verb To soften; to make tender.

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Questions about the past tense of mollify

What is the past tense of mollify?

The past tense of mollify is mollified.

What is the past participle of mollify?

The past participle of mollify is mollified.

Is mollify a regular or irregular verb?

Mollify is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.