| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A person who is much loved: beloved, darling, dear, love, minion, precious, sweet, sweetheart, truelove. Informal : sweetie. Idioms: light of one's life. See LOVE. | | VERB: | 1. To persuade or try to persuade by gentle persistent urging or flattery: blandish, cajole, coax, wheedle. Informal : soft-soap, sweet-talk. See PERSUASION. 2. To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly: adulate, blandish, butter up, flatter, slaver. Informal : soft-soap, sweet-talk. See PRAISE. 3. To make superficially more acceptable or appealing: candy, gild, sugar, sugarcoat, sweeten. See LIKE.
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