verb
- to make sweet or sweeter in taste
- to make pleasant, agreeable, or less harsh
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The baker dulcifies the coffee with honey instead of sugar.
- Time dulcifies bitter memories and softens old wounds.
- Adding fruit dulcifies the tart yogurt.
- Music dulcifies the atmosphere at the dinner party.
- She dulcifies her criticism with genuine compliments.
- The chef dulcifies the sauce with a touch of maple syrup.