In imputing too much importance to the seductive dulcet of Mary's voice, Tom had altogether overlooked the devastating effect that her excellent posture could have on an unprepared heart.
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Dulcet
Synonyms for "dulcet" (101 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (50)
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Synonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 10 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَذْب adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
Bulgarian
3 entries- мелодичен adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
- приятен adj (generally pleasing, soothing, agreeable)
- сладък adj (sweet to the taste)
Finnish
4 entries- makea adj (sweet to the taste)
- miellyttävä adj (generally pleasing, soothing, agreeable)
- sointuva adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
- suloinen adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
French
1 entries- suave adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
German
4 entries- angenehm adj (generally pleasing, soothing, agreeable)
- angenehm adj (sweet to the taste)
- beruhigend adj (generally pleasing, soothing, agreeable)
- lieblich adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
Greek
1 entries- τραγουδιστός adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
Russian
2 entries- мелодичный adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
- приятный adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
Spanish
3 entries- dulce adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
- dulce adj (generally pleasing, soothing, agreeable)
- dulce adj (sweet to the taste)
Swedish
3 entries- ljuv adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
- ljuv adj (generally pleasing, soothing, agreeable)
- smäktande adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
Telugu
1 entries- శ్రావ్యమైన adj (sweet (voice, tone), melodious)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Her name was Michaela, but the men called her filthy things in dulcet, ingratiating voices, and she giggled with childish joy because she understood no English and thought they were flattering her and making harmless jokes.
Source: wiktionary
Matthew "MattKC" Wong (actor) (2024), 6s from the start, in I ported THOUSANDS of apps to Windows 95: “Ah, yes, the dulcet tones of Windows 95.”
Source: wiktionary
[…]for drink the Grape / She crushes, inoffensive must, and meads / From many a berry, and from sweet kernels prest / She tempers dulcet creams[…]
Source: wiktionary
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