dulcifying

verb

present participle of dulcify
as in catering (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dulcifying
  1. pampering
  2. sweetening
  3. babying
  4. coaxing
  5. cajoling
  6. coddling
  7. wheedling
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  • An emphasis on wellness means not only pampering spa treatments but advanced health tech, movement, and meditation sessions over an entire floor.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
  • Anthropologie’s Summer Sale is pampering fashion insiders with 50-percent-off deals stacked on top of already on-sale buys, reflected in cart.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Definition of pampering
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  • Without the match sweetening the deal, the argument for prioritizing retirement contributions over debt payoff weakens somewhat — though the tax deduction on traditional 401(k) contributions still has value.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Only sweetening the deal this year is the fact that her friend Anthony Vaccarello of Saint Laurent is co-chairing the hosting committee.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 4 May 2026
Definition of sweetening
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  • No one’s babying him (at Houston).
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Conceivably one or two of them should have already been at Citi Field, but until finally summoning McLean to pitch Saturday, Stearns has been babying them in the minors.
    — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
Definition of babying
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  • The things museums collect are often obstinate and unyielding; research and context can be a way of coaxing them to speak.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026
  • Ryan started strong, coaxing an Ohtani lineout to right on the game’s first pitch, then striking out Andy Pages and Freddie Freeman.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 25 June 2026
Definition of coaxing
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  • Someone there has to be gobbier and start cajoling players into their proper positions.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • After years of lobbying, cajoling – virtually pleading – state lawmakers back in 2024 finally granted the state Lottery an online presence.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026
Definition of cajoling
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  • Asking for sportsbook revenue while simultaneously watering down the product and coddling rule-breakers with minor-league rehab is a terrible look.
    — Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • This lifestyle caused many citizens to accuse the military of coddling the enemy.
    — Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026
Definition of coddling
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  • 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 wheedling
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