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empressement

noun

Definition of empressementnext
as in sweetness and light

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  1. sweetness and light
  2. friendliness
  3. cordiality
  4. amity
  5. amicability
  6. mellowness
  7. complaisance
Noun
  • This is not to say that Howe has a free pass from the club, or that everything is sweetness and light.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The grain whisky component adds silky sweetness and light caramel notes, maintaining the whiskey's balanced, approachable character.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of sweetness and light
Noun
  • Congressional Republicans, meanwhile, continued to caution against overt friendliness.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The ribbing was good-natured overall, but when describing the rivalry, the friendliness dissipated.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of friendliness
Noun
  • Joe Biden rose through the Senate, which required cordiality and the ability to strike deals with rivals.
    — Jonathan A. Czin, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The cordiality and handsome looks of the dining room are exquisite reminders of elaborate Milanese design.
    — John Mariani, Forbes.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of cordiality
Noun
  • There are, of course, other models of languages coexisting, with varying levels of amity.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Of course, their amity turned out to be a time bomb.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of amity
Noun
  • With that said, this square could shed light on where our desire for compromise and amicability is overly accommodating and unrealistic.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The result in the 19th century was not stability or amicability but catastrophe.
    — Time, Time, 17 Nov. 2025
Definition of amicability
Noun
  • Striking a balance between mellowness and fun is an imperative for a cohort that’s drinking less, hooking up less, and staying in more.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
  • There’s also no attempt to recreate the magic of Cash Money’s platinum-plus Y2K era; this record may offer ample opportunities for azzes looking to be backed up, but even its hardest songs are presented with a mellowness of spirit.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of mellowness
Noun
  • The steadfast pushback against the administration might appear on the surface to be an encouraging trend, given the complaisance of the Republican majorities in Congress and weak-kneed capitulation to Trump by leaders of institutions such as universities and major corporations.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.
    — Lesley M.M. Blume, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
Definition of complaisance
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“Empressement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empressement. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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