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hon·eyed

(hŭn′ēd)

A past tense and a past participle of honey.

adj. also hon·ied

1. Containing, full of, or sweetened with honey.

2. Ingratiating; sugary: honeyed words.

3. Sweet; dulcet: a honeyed voice.

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honeyed

(ˈhʌnɪd) or

honied

adj

1. flattering or soothing

2. made sweet or agreeable: honeyed words.

3. of, full of, or resembling honey

ˈhoneyedly, ˈhoniedly adv

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Adj.	1.	honeyed - with honey added honied, syrupy sugary - containing sugar; "he eats too much sugary food"
	2.	honeyed - pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" mellifluous, mellisonant, dulcet, sweet melodic, melodious, musical - containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"

honeyed

adjective

1. flattering, sweet, soothing, enticing, mellow, seductive, agreeable, sweetened, cajoling, alluring, melodious, unctuous, dulcet His gentle manner and honeyed tones reassured Andrew.

2. (Poetic) sweet, sweetened, luscious, sugary, syrupy, toothsome I could smell the honeyed ripeness of melons and peaches.

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Translations

mellifluo

honeyed

[ˈhʌnɪd] ADJ → meloso, melifluo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

honeyed

[ˈhʌnid] adj

[voice, words] (= pleasant) → onctueux/euse (pejorative) → mielleux/euse

honeyed

adj words, voice → honigsüß

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

honeyed

[ˈhʌnɪd] adj (words) → dolce (come il miele)

References in periodicals archive ?

Mead (honeyed wine, mulsum) made by adding wine or must to honey, was particularly effective as diuretic, mover of the bowels and appetizer in elderly people.

Bees, honey and health in antiquity

Compared to unhoneyed poultry that had been similarly cooked and refrigerated, the honeyed meats exhibited far less rancidity.

When they assayed the rate of oxidation in slices of the cooked meat after 2 days of refrigeration, the honeyed turkey exhibited only 15 percent as much fat oxidation as the untreated meat.

The color of honey: a sweetener that bee-devils food spoilage

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