dulcify

verb

Definition of dulcifynext
as in to sweeten

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  1. sweeten
  2. baby
  3. pamper
  4. coax
  5. blandish
  6. mollycoddle
  7. wheedle
  8. coddle
Verb
  • Ellison clinched the deal by sweetening the offer price and bringing his father, Larry Ellison, in to personally guarantee funding.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Sweets, however – which the researchers defined as sugars, and sweetened foods and beverages – were a different story.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of sweeten
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  • No one’s babying him (at Houston).
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Could baby owls and eagles be the key to stopping the spread of bird flu?
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Definition of baby
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  • At one point luxury travel meant being able to be anywhere and have the comforts of your office—yachts and Aman resorts offer satellite service and Wi-Fi so that you can be pampered but still take a meeting or be active in the family group chat.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026
  • For all its glamour, Concorde offered more prestige than pampering.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of pamper
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  • Finding this family and a few others in Europe, the Reaveys coaxed them to come together in 2010.
    — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Lynn hadn’t released a solo album since 1988’s Who Was That Stranger when White coaxed her out of early retirement.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of coax
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  • There’s a special place in the annals of romance scammers for Uncle Sam, who blandished millions into falling in love with a fair and honest America that never was.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Definition of blandish
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
  • Chef Albert was a restaurateur trying to wheedle a good review out of a tough restaurant critic.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In a bid to rekindle the couple’s honeymoon phase, Yasmin troubleshoots by wheedling a chief executive role for him at payment processing company Tender (run by Max Minghella‘s inscrutable puppet-master Whitney Halberstram), and throwing her husband a lavish costume party for his 40th birthday.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of wheedle
Verb
  • League brass can keep coddling bitter media figures, or stand up for the fans paying for tickets.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The gentle, foaming elixir feels soft on skin, rinsing away dirt and makeup while hydrating and coddling with flaxseed oil.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of coddle
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