English > edulcorate: 1 sense > verb 1, perceptionMeaning | make sweeter in taste / taste. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Synonyms | sweeten, dulcify, dulcorate |
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Narrower | honey | sweeten with honey |
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mull | heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink |
sugar, saccharify | sweeten with sugar |
sugarcoat, glaze, candy | coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze |
Broader | change taste | Alter the flavor of |
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Opposite | sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify | make sour or more sour |
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Spanish | azucarar, confitar, dulcificarse, edulcorar, endulzarse, endulzar |
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Catalan | confitar, dulcificar-se, edulcorar, endolcir-se, endolcir, ensucrar |
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