1. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; SYN. barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky.
2. Mild and pleasant; SYN. mild.
ETYM Old Fren. doucet, dim. of dous sweet, French doux, Latin dulcis. Related to Doucet.
1. Extremely pleasant in a gentle way.
2. Pleasing to the ear; SYN. honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet.
1. Having or showing a kindly or tender nature
2. Quiet and soothing
3. Soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
1. Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; SYN. mellowed.
2. Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; SYN. mellowed.
3. Having or suggesting softness and richness in quality; SYN. mellowing.
Moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
1. Lacking in hardness relatively or comparatively.
2. Metaphorically soft
3. Of sound; relatively low in volume
4. Of speech sounds; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as 's' and 'sh').
(Homonym: suite).
1. One of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey.
2. Not having a salty taste; SYN. unsalty.
3. Having a pleasant taste (as of sugar).
4. Pleasing to the senses.
5. (Used of wines) Having a sweet taste.
1. Physically untoughened; SYN. untoughened.
2. Susceptible to physical or emotional injury; SYN. vulnerable.
3. Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
4. Easy to cut or chew
5. (Of plants) Not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
1. Easily moved by another's distress
2. Easily moved to love.