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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Honey \Hon"ey\, verb (used without an object) [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.
Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. --Tennyson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Honeyed \Hon"eyed\, adjective
1. Covered with honey.
2. Sweet, as, honeyed words. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
honeyed
adjective
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
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