dulcify

verb

Definition of dulcifynext
as in to sweeten

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dulcify
  1. sweeten
  2. baby
  3. pamper
  4. coax
  5. mollycoddle
  6. wheedle
  7. coddle
  8. cajole
Verb
  • Its richer, caramel-laden notes are easily sopped up with buttery bread and pastry, cutting through the fat to soften and sweeten things ever so gently.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Blue light-blocking glasses have been linked to improving your sleep cycle and reducing eye strain, and to sweeten the deal, these pretty specs are on sale at Amazon today.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of sweeten
Verb
  • The sensitive child of the bunch doesn’t need to be babied.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Plus, judging by Dustin May, Walker Buehler and many others, babying a pitcher doesn’t seem too effective.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
Definition of baby
Verb
  • Also not to be missed: the extensive salumi menu at the property’s Domenica restaurant, plus a bit of pampering at the Waldorf Astoria Spa (complete with a glass of welcome Champagne).
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Find it on Amazon Foot Bath for At-Home Spa Days Your loved ones can pamper themselves every day with this electric foot bath.
    Veronica Booth, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of pamper
Verb
  • The purity and openness coax out all the details in recordings and then some.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This portable sound machine has a real fan inside to coax you to sleep with the sounds of moving air, without having to turn on your chilly air conditioner.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of coax
Verb
  • You’re not mollycoddled during the week and are expected to act as any professional crew member would.
    Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2023
  • So football generally, and pro football specifically, helped reassure the country that American men were not mollycoddled softies.
    James Surowiecki, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2019
Definition of mollycoddle
Verb
  • Kassar had wheedled an extra $40 million out of a European banking syndicate just so the film could cross the finish line.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
  • At a pricey June 3 gala at the Supreme Court, liberal documentary filmmaker Lauren Windsor took on a conservative persona to wheedle controversial comments out of the judge, who’s recently come under fire for flying flags associated with Trump supporters at his homes.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 June 2024
Definition of wheedle
Verb
  • The user is coddled by the machine, voluntarily infantilized.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Sleek rooms have padded vinyl floors that coddle bare feet, and the buzzy lobby level bar is all DJ sets and mixology.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of coddle
Verb
  • Confronting an unpleasant truth of how their party is faring in early voting, Democratic Party leaders on Saturday cajoled voters to show up at the polls and cast ballots, hoping to jolt people into action.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2024
  • And just as Biden this year has sought to cajole members from the opposite party in Congress into action, so did an exasperated Trump five years ago this month.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Apr. 2024
Definition of cajole
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