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honeyed words
noun as in blandishment
Weak matches
noun as in flattery
Strong matches
noun as in sweet-talk
Example Sentences
The chaotic and catastrophic unfolding of the Trump administration over the subsequent four years is a reproach to all these honeyed words.
America is a land that never ceases to pay lip service to the value of education and almost never manages to back up its honeyed words with the resources necessary to make them true.
Moon, Kim Yo Jong said Wednesday, is nothing but a flunky of the Americans, an “impudent man” whose “honeyed words” are offensive.
Briefly their noise covered the honeyed words and the spell broke.
“It was your manner of giving back the gifts that caused Hamlet’s temper to flare. Had you spoken more honeyed words, it would have awakened his ardor, not his anger,” he scolded.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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