sugar and spice
Definition
› If you describe someone, especially a woman or a girl, as being sugar and spice, you mean that they are behaving in a kind and friendly way: She could be all sugar and spice when she wanted to be.FriendlyKind and thoughtful
(Definition of sugar and spice from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- affable adjective
- amiable adjective
- amicable adjective
- amity noun
- approachable adjective (CHARACTER)
- closeness noun (RELATIONSHIP)
- familiarity noun (FRIENDLINESS)
- family-friendly adjective
- first name noun
- forthcoming adjective (WILLING)
- fraternal adjective
- Freemasonry noun
- jovial adjective
- likeable adjective
- matey adjective
- neighbourly adjective
- nice adjective (KIND)
- thaw noun (FRIENDLY)
- tête-à-tête adverb
- well in (with) idiom
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