All honied synonyms

verb honied

• pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
• skulk — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
• crouch — If you are crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly.
• cringe — If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
• flinch — to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
• recoil — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
• wince — to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.
• tremble — to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
• mull — to study or ruminate; ponder.
• stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
• fascinate — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
• tantalize — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
• captivate — If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive.
• motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
• induce — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
• woo — to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.
• attract — If something attracts people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it.
• intrigue — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
• dare — If you do not dare to do something, you do not have enough courage to do it, or you do not want to do it because you fear the consequences. If you dare to do something, you do something which requires a lot of courage.
• invite — to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
• fawn — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
• kowtow — to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
• sneak — to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk.
• grovel — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
• honey — a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
• blench — to shy away, as in fear; quail
• bootlick — to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
• toady — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
• quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• truckle — to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
• bait — Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
• urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
• influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
• hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• stroke — a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
• oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
• seduce — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
• decoy — If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
• snow — Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905–80, English novelist and scientist.
• jolly — in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
• cajole — If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.
• toll — the act of tolling a bell.
• blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
• soap — a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
• bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
• maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• lure — anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
• wheedle — to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
• charm — Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.