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
  • This helps explain why Amazon is sweetening the deal with some additional perks, such as unlimited grocery delivery for Whole Foods Market, Amazon Fresh, and local grocery partners at just $9.99 per month.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
  • What separates this device from others in the Keurig line is the ability to make iced-ish coffee, which comes out significantly cooler than the regular brew and will make a passable iced coffee when poured over ice and sweetened.
    Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 6 Nov. 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
  • The fun Xmas tradition has made room for skin care, and this Molton Brown Advent Calendar will pamper your mom from head to toe.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the hotel staff who pamper them by the pool return each night to a village plagued by civil unrest and a deadly water crisis.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of pamper
Verb
  • Han had eventually coaxed him into investing more than ¥3 million — about $20,000 — in a modular-housing start-up.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Olympia coaxes that out of her thanks to a security video Matty obtained from the nail salon where Katya works, showing a woman with the same birthmark on her hand as Caruso’s speaking to a clearly distressed Katya.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Nov. 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
  • In the snap, the dad of three could be seen focused on his phone in one hand while coddling a sleeping baby Lou in the other.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In the snap, the dad of three, 39, can be seen focused on his phone in one hand while coddling a sleeping baby Lou in the other.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of coddle
Verb
  • McCartney cajoled solos out of everyone, pointing at the others on stage at random and occasionally getting the nod himself to rip a few riffs.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Who cajoled him into bringing not one, but two slap-happy capuchins into the mix?
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of cajole
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