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| Main Entry: | honeyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sweetened |
| Synonyms: | dulcet, flattering, ingratiating, sugary, cajoling, candied, sugarcoated |
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| Main Entry: | cloying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly sweet |
| Synonyms: | cheesy*, corny*, gooey*, honeyed, mushy*, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, cornball, cutesy, drippy, over-sentimental, oversweet, syrupy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | luscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicious, delectable |
| Synonyms: | adorable, ambrosial, appetizing, choice, darling, deluxe, distinctive, divine, exquisite, flamboyant, flavorsome, heavenly, honeyed, juicy, lush, luxurious, mellow, mouth-watering, opulent, ornate, palatable, palatial, piquant, rare, rich, savory, scrumptious, succulent, sumptuous, sweet, toothsome, voluptuous, yummy*, delish, nectarious |
| Antonyms: | nasty, poor, unappetizing, unsavory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mellifluous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth and sweet sounding |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, dulcet, fluid, honeyed, mellow, pleasing, resonant, soothing, tuneful, euphonic, harmonic, mellifluent, songful, symphonious, tuned |
| Main Entry: | odorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having fragrance |
| Synonyms: | aromatic, balmy, dank, fetid, flavorsome, flowery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, moldy, musty, nauseous, offensive, perfumed, pungent, putrid, redolent, rotten, savory, scented, smelly, spicy, stagnant, stale, stinking, strong, sweet, unsavory, effluvious, miasmic, odoriferant, odoriferous, olfactive, olfactory, perfumatory, perfumy, reeking, savorous, scent-laden, scentful, skunky, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tumaceous, whiffy |
| Notes: | odoriferous means 'having an odor or fragrance' while odorous refers to something smelly |
| Antonyms: | odorless |
| Main Entry: | complimentary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flattering |
| Synonyms: | appreciative, congratulatory, courtly, fawning, honeyed, laudatory, polite, respectful, unctuous, adulatory, approbative, approbatory, approving, celebrating, commendatory, encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, fair-spoken, highly favorable, honoring, panegyrical, plauditory, praiseful, sycophantic, well-wishing, with high praise, with highest recommendation |
| Antonyms: | critical, disparaging, insulting, unflattering, blaming, censuring, denouncing, reproachful |
| Main Entry: | gold/golden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark yellow |
| Synonyms: | aureate, blond, blonde, dusty, honeyed, straw, tan, tawny, wheat, auric, auriferous, aurous, aurulent, caramel, flaxen, mellow yellow, ochroid |
| Main Entry: | sweet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sugary |
| Synonyms: | cloying, delicious, honeyed, luscious, saccharine, toothsome, candied, candy-coated, like candy, like honey, nectarous, sacchariferous, sugar-coated, sugared, sweetened, syrupy |
| Antonyms: | acid, bitter, salty, sour |
| Main Entry: | sugary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | cloyingly sweet |
| Synonyms: | cloying, honeyed, mawkish, sappy, sentimental, unctuous, sugarcoated |
| Main Entry: | cower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, hover in fear |
| Synonyms: | bootlick*, brownnose*, cringe, crouch, draw back, fawn, flinch, grovel, honey*, kowtow*, quail*, recoil, shrink, skulk, sneak, toady*, tremble, truckle, wince, apple-polish, blench |
| Antonyms: | come out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inveigle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entice, manipulate |
| Synonyms: | allure, bait, bamboozle, beguile, blandish, butter*, cajole, charm, coax, con*, decoy, egg on*, ensnare, entrap, honey*, hook, influence, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, oil*, persuade, seduce, snow*, soap*, string along*, stroke*, sweet talk*, tempt, toll, urge, wheedle, get around*, lay it on thick, lead on, overdo it, play up to, rope in, soften up, work over |
| Antonyms: | disgust, turn off, disenchant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sweeten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add sugar |
| Synonyms: | candy, honey, mull, sugar, add sweetening, candy-coat, make sweet, make toothsome, sugar-coat |
| Antonyms: | salt, sour |
| Main Entry: | tempt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lure, entice |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal to, attract, bait, butter up*, captivate, charm, coax, court, dare, decoy, draw, draw out, entrap, fascinate, honey*, hook*, incite, induce, influence, instigate, intrigue, inveigle, invite, lead on, make mouth water, motivate, mousetrap, move, oil, persuade, play up to, promote, provoke, risk, rouse, seduce, solicit, stimulate, tantalize, test, train, try, turn one's head, wheedle, whet, woo* |
| Antonyms: | discourage, repulse, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | sweetness |
| Part of Speech: | noun1, noun2 |
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