DULCIFY Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

dulcify

verb

Definition of dulcify

as in to sweeten

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Direct, full sun is essential to trigger fruit production and sweeten the figs.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Aug. 2026
And to sweeten the deal, Margot Robbie and Jennifer Lawrence are also fans of the pull-on jeans style.

— Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of sweeten

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The vintage architecture of the 130-year-old hotel is a pastiche of Gothic Revival turrets and arches, a stone castle masquerading as what is arguably the world's most luxurious and pampering ski hotel.

— Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Luxury hotels in Miami are competing to pamper guests’ dogs with gourmet menus, spa treatments and canine concierges.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of pamper

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Arsenal want to do that in a range of ways — in personnel, stylistic development, and by coaxing more from their current group.

— Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Last year, Ian Stamy took the state prize for his bumper soybean yield, coaxing an average of just over 100 bushels per acre from his operation in central Pennsylvania.

— Scott Neuman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of coax

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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

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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

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North Carolina politician says Democrats are coddling criminals Records also list a September 2025 simple-assault charge and a March 2025 charge of assault on a female.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Serrano comes across as someone with no inclination to coddle elite students.

— Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026

Definition of coddle

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