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. blandish
  6. mollycoddle
  7. wheedle
  8. coddle
Verb
  • This fruit cobbler starts with a base of fresh strawberries and blueberries tossed with sugar and cornstarch to sweeten and thicken.
    — Terrence Hayes, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Insufficient light reduces fruit production, stops the plums from sweetening, and leaves the tree vulnerable to fungal diseases.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of sweeten
Verb
  • 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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  • The extraordinary service will so pamper you that your return to real life may be a rough awakening.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Concierge teams pamper the property in the owner’s absence while engineers resolve maintenance issues before owners arrive.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of pamper
Verb
  • His attorneys feared Paul was trying to coax Fauci to say something under oath that could be misconstrued and used to prosecute him.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Toasting brings out a different side of the wood, coaxing greater sweetness and vanilla while softening sharper tannins and creating a fuller, rounder body.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 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
  • Serrano comes across as someone with no inclination to coddle elite students.
    — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
  • Unlike humans, digital creations don’t need to be pampered, fed or emotionally coddled.
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
Definition of coddle
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“Dulcify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dulcify. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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