dulcet
adjective
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Dulcet has many linguistic ancestors, including the Latin dulcis, Anglo-French douz, and Middle English doucet—all meaning "sweet." The dulcet dulcis has contributed many sweet terms to English. Among these are the musical direction dolce ("to be played sweetly, softly"), Dulciana (a type of pipe organ stop made up of flue pipes), dolcian (a small bassoon-like instrument used in the 16th and 17th centuries), and dulcimer (an American folk instrument). On a similar note, the word dulcify means "to make sweet," and the adjective doux, derived from Old French douz, is used in wine circles to describe champagne that is sweet.
Synonyms
- agreeable
- blessed
- blest
- congenial
- darling
- delectable
- delicious
- delightful
- delightsome
- dreamy
- enjoyable
- felicitous
- good
- grateful
- gratifying
- heavenly
- jolly
- luscious
- nice
- palatable
- pleasant
- pleasing
- pleasurable
- pretty
- satisfying
- savory
- savoury
- sweet
- tasty
- welcome
Example Sentences
EW.com, 11 June 2020 Somewhere, a Bluetooth speaker was stashed away and playing the kind of soft, dulcet melodies heard in expensive spas. New York Times, 6 Dec. 2019 But inside and down a few stairs, there is faint, dulcet chanting piped through speakers. Written By Kaya Laterman; Photographs By Mark Abramson, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2017 The dulcet tones of Kylie Jenner's secret album made with input from Kanye and Tyga? Sarah Lindig, Cosmopolitan, 12 June 2015 Word History
Middle English doucet, from Anglo-French, from duz, douz sweet, from Latin dulcis; perhaps akin to Greek glykys sweet
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
dulcet
adjective
Synonyms & Similar Words
- sweet
- pleasant
- delightful
- pleasing
- delicious
- enjoyable
- heavenly
- nice
- soothing
- satisfying
- good
- jolly
- welcome
- dreamy
- delectable
- agreeable
- comforting
- luscious
- felicitous
- pretty
- congenial
- savory
- amusing
- tasty
- tempting
- darling
- pleasurable
- gratifying
- charming
- palatable
- delightsome
- blessed
- grateful
- savoury
- comfortable
- blissful
- attractive
- desirable
- alluring
- blest
- fascinating
- cheerful
- happy
- enchanting
- amiable
- inviting
- calming
- enviable
- genial
- cheery
- affable
- entertaining
- relishable
- gracious
- joyous
- kindly
- rapturous
- intoxicating
- diverting
- hospitable
- personable
- goodly
- good-natured
- euphoric
- recreative
- ecstatic
- exhilarating
- elating
- felicific
- glad
- gemütlich
- nirvanic
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unpleasant
- disagreeable
- ghastly
- obnoxious
- unwelcome
- horrid
- bilious
- vile
- hellish
- wretched
- odious
- abominable
- insipid
- unpalatable
- repugnant
- miserable
- repulsive
- unsavory
- disgusting
- offensive
- dull
- flat
- tedious
- mournful
- doleful
- irksome
- dolorous
- lugubrious
- lachrymose
- boring
- hateful
- detestable
- distasteful
- repellent
- gloomy
- commonplace
- stale
- abhorrent
- dreary
- sad
- tragic
- depressing
- dismal
- sorrowful
- irritating
- yucky
- unhappy
- annoying
- revulsive
- aggravating
- lamentable
- god-awful
- hostile
- joyless
- exasperating
- heartrending
- displeasing
- pleasureless
- deplorable
- vexing
- tragical
- perturbing
- yukky
- disheartening
- regrettable
- repellant
- dissatisfying
- heartbreaking
- forbidding
- maddening
- disturbing
- infuriating
- distressing
- intimidating
- peeving
- upsetting
- inflaming
- rankling
- enflaming
- incensing
- riling
- outraging
- enraging
- angering
- civil bond
- civil corporation
- civil court
- civil courts
- civil day
- civil death
- civil defense
- civil disobedience
- civil district
- civil embargo
- civil engineer
- civil engineering
- civil imprisonment
- civil law
- civil libertarian
- civil liberty
- civil list
- civil marriage
- civil process
- civil rights
- Civil Rights Movement
- civil servant
- civil servants
- civil service
- civil service exam