DOUCE Synonyms

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having or showing a kindly or tender nature

• quiet and soothing

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• easily handled or managed

• having little impact

• marked by moderate steepness

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• stroke soothingly

• having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• agreeable, conducive to comfort

• tolerant and forgiving under provocation

• moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• mild and pleasant

• affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

• (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior

• yielding readily to pressure or weight

• compassionate and kind; conciliatory

• (of sound) relatively low in volume

• produced with vibration of the vocal cords

• not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)

• (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone

• (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

• (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')

• in a relaxed manner; or without hardship

• easily hurt

• (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value

• using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation

• tolerant or lenient

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having little impact

• out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance

• willing to negotiate and compromise

• not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship

• mild and pleasant

• not brilliant or glaring

• having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

• (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content

• not containing or composed of salt water

• a dish served as the last course of a meal

• English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

• a food rich in sugar

• the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

• the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

• in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')

• having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

• pleasing to the ear

• pleasing to the senses

• pleasing to the mind or feeling

• having a natural fragrance

• not soured or preserved

• with sweetening added

• given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

• easy to cut or chew

• physically untoughened

• something that can be used as an official medium of payment

• someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

• car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

• a boat for communication between ship and shore

• ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

• hurting

• young and immature

• having or displaying warmth or affection

• (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

• (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition

• offer or present for acceptance

• propose a payment

• make a tender of; in legal settlements

• make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer