sweet
see also: Sweet
Pronunciation Adjective
Sweet
Proper noun
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see also: Sweet
Pronunciation Adjective
sweet (comparative sweeter, superlative sweetest)
- Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
- a sweet apple
- Having a taste of sugar.
- 2018 May 16, Adam Rogers, Wired, "The Fundamental Nihilism of Yanny vs. Laurel ↗":
- (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
- Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
- Not having a salty taste.
- sweet butter
- Having a pleasant smell.
- a sweet scent
- 1838, Longfellow, "Voices of the Night: The Reaper and the Flowers":
- The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
- Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
- sweet milk
- Having a pleasant sound.
- a sweet tune
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, A Scarlet Letter, Ticknor and Fields, page 135:
- a voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful
- Having a pleasing disposition.
- a sweet child
- Having a helpful disposition.
- It was sweet of him to help out.
- (mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
- sweet gas
- sweet soil
- sweet crude oil
- (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
- The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
- 14 November 2014, Steven Haliday, Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero
- GORDON Strachan enjoyed the sweetest of his 16 matches in charge of Scotland so far as his team enhanced their prospects of Euro 2016 qualification with a crucial and deserved victory over Republic of Ireland.
- (slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.
- anchor be_sweet_on(informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated, enamoured with, fond of
- The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.
- (obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.
- sweet water
- 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or A Natural History, in The Works of Francis Bacon (1826), page 66
- The white of an egg, or blood mingled with salt water, doth gather the saltness and maketh the water sweeter; this may be by adhesion.
- Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
- a sweet face
- a sweet colour or complexion
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise lost (source), Samuel Simmons, page 278:
- Sweet interchange / Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
- (having a taste of sugar) saccharine, sugary
- (containing a sweetening ingredient) sugared, sweetened
- (not having a salty taste) fresh, unsalty
- (having a pleasant smell) fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
- (not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale) fresh, unfermented, wholesome
- (having a pleasant sound) dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
- (having a pleasing disposition) cute, lovable, pleasant
- (having a helpful disposition) kind, gracious, helpful, sensitive, thoughtful
- ((informal) very pleasing) rad, awesome, wicked
- (having a pleasant taste) bitter, sour, salty
- (containing a sweetening ingredient) nonsweet, sugarless, unsugared, unsweetened, unsweet
- (of wines: retaining a portion of natural sugar) dry
- (not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale) decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, stale
- (not having a salty taste) salty, savoury
- (free from excessive unwanted substances) sour
- ((informal) very pleasing) lame, uncool
- French: doux
- German: süß, lecker
- Italian: dolce
- Portuguese: doce
- Russian: сла́дкий
- Spanish: dulce, rico, sabroso, gustoso
- French: sucré
- German: zuckerhaltig, gezuckert
- Italian: dolcificato, (with sugar) zuccherato
- Portuguese: doce, adocicado, adoçado
- Russian: сла́дкий
- Spanish: azucarado
- French: doux
- Italian: (food) non salato, (water) dolce
- Portuguese: doce
- Russian: пре́сный
- Spanish: dulce
- German: wohlriechend, duftend, (please verify) Duft- (de) attention de
- Italian: profumato, fragrante
- Portuguese: perfumado, cheiroso
- Russian: души́стый
- Spanish: dulce, fragante, oloroso
- French: doux, mélodieux
- Italian: intonato, melodioso
- Portuguese: doce, melodioso
- Russian: сладкозву́чный
- Spanish: dulce, melodioso
- French: sympathique, sympa, doux
- German: süß, herzig, lieblich, liebenswürdig
- Italian: simpatico, dolce, carino
- Portuguese: doce, amável
- Russian: ми́лый
- Spanish: agradable, bello, dulce, encantador, hermoso, lindo, mono
- French: charmant, gentil
- German: nett
- Italian: dolce, gentile, carino, amabile
- Portuguese: amigável
- Russian: ми́лый
- Spanish: amable, benigno, tierno
- French: génial
- Used as a positive response to good news or information.
- They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet!
sweet
- In a sweet manner.
- 1598, Shakespeare, Love's Labour Lost, Act 1 Scene 1:
- "and, sweet my child, let them be men of good repute and carriage."
- (and, my child, allow them sweetly to be men with good reputations and conduct)
- "and, sweet my child, let them be men of good repute and carriage."
- 1598, Shakespeare, Love's Labour Lost, Act 1 Scene 1:
- (in a sweet manner) sweetly
- French: doucement
- Italian: dolcemente
- Portuguese: docemente
- Spanish: dulcemente
sweet
- (uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
- (countable, British) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
- (countable, British) A food eaten for dessert.
- Can we see the sweet menu, please?
- Sweetheart; darling.
- 1611, Ben Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy
- Wherefore frowns my sweet?
- 1611, Ben Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy
- (obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 5”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- a wilderness of sweets
- (obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
- 1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, III.2:
- Fear's fire to fervency, which makes love's sweet prove nectar.
- 1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, III.2:
- (sweet taste sensation) See sweetness
- (food that is high in sugar content) bonbon, candy (US), confection, confectionery, lolly (Australia)
- (food eaten for dessert) See dessert
- French: friandise, bonbon, sucreries
- German: Süßigkeit, Bonbon
- Italian: dolcetto, caramella
- Portuguese: doce
- Russian: конфе́та
- Spanish: dulce, caramelo, chuche
sweet (sweets, present participle sweeting; past and past participle sweeted)
- (obsolete or poetic) To sweeten.
Sweet
Proper noun
- Surname
- A female given name.
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