English Explanatory Dictionary

honey up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make (something) sweet, pleasant or agreeable.
  2. To cajole, suck up to or sweet-talk (someone).

Word forms

honey up honeys up honeying up honeyed up

Synonyms

butter up fawn over honey around blandander blandish cajole fast-talk canoodle carny coax collogue croodle engle fleech honey up hum ingle inveigle soap soft-sawder soft-soap stroke sweet-talk tweedle twist wheedle whilly word apple-polish bootlick bow and scrape brownnose dickride duchess fawn fellate flannel kiss someone's ass kiss someone's ring kiss up kowtow lick someone's ass lick someone's balls overflatter overpraise overrate suck up toady
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