Honeyed

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Honey \Hon"ey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Honeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Honeying}.]
     To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use
     endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or
     complimentary; to fawn. "Honeying and making love." --Shak.
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           Rough to common men,
           But honey at the whisper of a lord.      --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Honeyed \Hon"eyed\, a.
     1. Covered with honey.
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     2. Sweet, as, honeyed words. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster] honey eater

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  honeyed
       adj 1: with honey added [syn: {honied}, {syrupy}]
       2: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: {dulcet},
           {mellifluous}, {mellisonant}, {sweet}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  131 Moby Thesaurus words for "honeyed":
     achingly sweet, adulatory, affable, agreeable, agreeable-sounding,
     ambrosial, amiable, amicable, appealing, ariose, arioso,
     bittersweet, bland, blandishing, blarneying, blissful, buttery,
     cajoling, candied, canorous, cantabile, catchy, cheerful,
     compatible, complaisant, complimentary, congenial, cordial,
     courtierly, courtly, desirable, dulcet, en rapport, enjoyable,
     euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, fair, fair and pleasant,
     fair-spoken, fawning, felicific, felicitous, fine, fine-spoken,
     fine-toned, flattering, fulsome, genial, golden, golden-tongued,
     golden-voiced, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying,
     gushing, harmonious, heart-warming, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued,
     honeysweet, insincere, insinuating, likable, liquid, mealymouthed,
     melic, melliferous, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow,
     melodic, melodious, music-flowing, music-like, musical, nectareous,
     nectarous, nice, obsequious, oily, oily-tongued, pleasant,
     pleasant-sounding, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving,
     pleasureful, rewarding, rich, sacchariferous, satisfying,
     silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable,
     slimy, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued,
     soapy, soft-soaping, songful, songlike, sonorous, sour-sweet,
     sugarcoated, sugared, sugarsweet, sugary, sweet, sweet and pungent,
     sweet and sour, sweet as sugar, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding,
     sweetened, sweetish, sycophantic, syrupy, tunable, tuneful,
     unctuous, welcome, wheedling