Sweet - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |swiːt|  American pronunciation of the word sweet
Brit.  |swiːt|  British pronunciation of the word sweet

noun

- English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
- a dish served as the last course of a meal (syn: afters, dessert)
- a food rich in sugar (syn: confection)
- the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth (syn: sweetness)
- the property of tasting as if it contains sugar (syn: sweetness)

adjective

- having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub (syn: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic)
a sweet disposition
- pleasing to the ear (syn: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous)
- pleasing to the senses
the sweet song of the lark
the sweet face of a child
- pleasing to the mind or feeling (syn: gratifying)
sweet revenge
- having a natural fragrance (syn: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, sweet-scented)
- not soured or preserved (syn: fresh)
sweet milk
- with sweetening added (syn: sugared, sweetened)

adverb

- in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly') (syn: sweetly)
Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly
how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank
talking sweet to each other

Extra examples

She likes her coffee sweet.

That candy is too sweet.

He's a really sweet guy.

She has a sweet smile.

It was sweet of her to take care of them.

I'm trying to cut down on sweets.

...remember to brush your teeth after eating sweets...

It was sweeter to him to help others than to be happy himself.

She is sweet on him.

The sweet voice of a bird.

In choosing a ham, ascertain that it is perfectly sweet.

Love, the only sweet of life.

The carnations and other sweets that bloomed in the garden.

There was a delicious sweet for luncheon.

This tea is too sweet.

Word forms

noun
singular: sweet
plural: sweets
adjective
comparative: sweeter
superlative: sweetest
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