DULCIFY Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

dulcify

verb

Definition of dulcify

as in to sweeten

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Verb

To sweeten the deal, Best Buy has it for a jaw-dropping 48% off, saving you $620 for a limited time.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Many caloric or sugar-sweetened beverages don’t offer healthy benefits and can lead to weight gain, which can stress your kidneys and speed up kidney disease progression.

— Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of sweeten

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Ask For An Upgrade Moreso than most other vacation stays, all-inclusive resorts exist to pamper their guests.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of pamper

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Trailing 4-3 in the ninth, Tim Tawa coaxed a one-out walk from Jacob Webb to start the decisive rally.

— CBS News, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
The offensive line might kick … butt, and Hafley is a good enough defensive mind to coax a better than expected year out of the defense.

— The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 25 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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