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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. extremely pleasant in a gentle way;
- Example: "the most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches"

2. pleasing to the ear;
- Example: "the dulcet tones of the cello"
[syn: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dulcet \Dul"cet\, a. [OF. doucet, dim. of dous sweet, F. doux, L. dulcis; akin to Gr. ? . Cf. Doucet.] 1. Sweet to the taste; luscious. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious. [1913 Webster] Their dainty lays and dulcet melody. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dulcet adj 1: extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches" 2: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

80 Moby Thesaurus words for "dulcet": achingly sweet, affable, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, amiable, amicable, appealing, ariose, arioso, blissful, canorous, cantabile, catchy, cheerful, compatible, complaisant, congenial, cordial, desirable, en rapport, engaging, enjoyable, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, fair, fair and pleasant, felicific, felicitous, fine, fine-toned, genial, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed, likable, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, music-flowing, music-like, musical, nice, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, rewarding, rich, satisfying, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, tunable, tuneful, welcome, winning, winsome