| Main Entry: | honeyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sweetened |
Synonyms: |
cajoling, candied, dulcet, flattering, ingratiating, sugarcoated, sugary |
| Main Entry: | cloying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly sweet |
Synonyms: |
cheesy*, cornball, corny*, cutesy, drippy, gooey, honeyed, mushy, over-sentimental, oversweet, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, syrupy |
| Main Entry: | complimentary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flattering |
Synonyms: |
adulatory, appreciative, approbative, approbatory, approving, celebrating, commendatory, congratulatory, courtly, encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, fair-spoken, fawning, highly favorable, honeyed, honoring, laudatory, panegyrical, plauditory, polite, praiseful, respectful, sycophantic, unctuous, well-wishing, with high praise, with highest recommendation |
| Notes: | something is complimentary when it has the property embodied in such an expression; complementary describes an addition that produces completeness or perfection in something |
Antonyms: |
blaming, censuring, critical, denouncing, disparaging, insulting, reproachful, unflattering |
| Main Entry: | cower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, hover in fear |
Synonyms: |
apple-polish, blench, bootlick, brownnose, cringe, crouch, draw back, fawn, flinch, grovel, honey*, kowtow, quail, recoil, shrink, skulk, sneak, toady, tremble, truckle, wince |
Antonyms: |
come out |
| Main Entry: | gold/golden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark yellow |
Synonyms: |
aureate, auric, auriferous, aurous, aurulent, blond, blonde, caramel, dusty, flaxen, honeyed, mellow yellow, ochroid, straw, tan, tawny, wheat |
| 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, get around, honey*, hook, influence, jolly, lay it on thick, lead on, lure, maneuver, massage, oil, overdo it, persuade, play up to, rope in, seduce, snow*, soap, soften up, string along, stroke*, sweet talk, tempt, toll, urge, wheedle, work over |
Antonyms: |
disenchant, disgust, turn off |
| Main Entry: | luscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicious, delectable |
Synonyms: |
adorable, ambrosial, appetizing, choice, darling, delish, deluxe, distinctive, divine, exquisite, flamboyant, flavorsome, heavenly, honeyed, juicy, lush, luxurious, mellow, mouth-watering, nectarious, opulent, ornate, palatable, palatial, piquant, rare, rich, savory, scrumptious, succulent, sumptuous, sweet, toothsome, voluptuous, yummy* |
Antonyms: |
nasty, poor, unappetizing, unsavory |
| Main Entry: | mellifluous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth and sweet sounding |
Synonyms: |
agreeable, dulcet, euphonic, fluid, harmonic, honeyed, mellifluent, mellow, pleasing, resonant, songful, soothing, symphonious, tuned, tuneful |
| Main Entry: | odorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having fragrance |
Synonyms: |
aromatic, balmy, dank, effluvious, fetid, flavorsome, flowery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, miasmic, moldy, musty, nauseous, odoriferant, odoriferous, offensive, olfactive, olfactory, perfumatory, perfumed, perfumy, pungent, putrid, redolent, reeking, rotten, savorous, savory, scent-laden, scented, scentful, skunky, smelly, spicy, stagnant, stale, stinking, strong, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tumaceous, unsavory, whiffy |
Antonyms: |
odorless |
| Main Entry: | sweet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sugary |
Synonyms: |
candied, candy-coated, cloying, delicious, honeyed, like candy, like honey, luscious, nectarous, sacchariferous, saccharine, sugar-coated, sugared, sweetened, syrupy, toothsome |
Antonyms: |
acid, bitter, salty, sour |