Sweet

[swiːt] or [swit]

Definition

(noun.) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth.

(noun.) a food rich in sugar.

(noun.) English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912).

(adj.) pleasing to the senses; 'the sweet song of the lark'; 'the sweet face of a child' .

(adj.) (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; 'sweet dessert wines' .

(adj.) having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar .

Editor: Michel--From WordNet

Definition

(superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

(superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

(superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.

(superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

(superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

(superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

(superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.

(n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.

(n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

(n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.

(n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

(n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

(n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.

(adv.) Sweetly.

(v. t.) To sweeten.

Editor: Omar

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Sugary, honeyed, saccharine, luscious, not sour, not bitter.[2]. Redolent, fragrant, balmy, not fetid, not stinking.[3]. Soft, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, dulcet.[4]. Beautiful, fair, lovely.[5]. Delightful, agreeable, pleasant, charming, grateful, gratifying.[6]. Mild, gentle, engaging, winning, attractive, amiable, sweet, lovable.

n. [1]. Sweetness, sweetest part.[2]. Dear, darling.

Inputed by Conrad

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Saccharine, luscious, fragrant, dulcet, melodious, harmonious, musical,beautiful, lovely, wholesome, pleasing, pure, mild, winning, agreeable, fresh,gentle, amiable

ANT:Sour, bitter, unsweet, fetid, offensive, nauseous, olid, stinking, nasty,inharmonious, discordant, unlovely, repulsive, unwholesome, putrid, tainted,ungentle, unamiable

Edited by Erna

Definition

adj. pleasing to the taste or senses: tasting like sugar: fragrant: melodious: beautiful grateful to the eye: fresh as opposed to salt or to sour: pure: recent not stale sour or putrid: mild soft gentle: kind obliging.—n. a sweet substance: a term of endearment: (pl.) sweetmeats confections: sweet dishes served at table puddings tarts jellies &c.—v.t. (obs.) to sweeten.—adj. Sweet′-and-twen′ty (Shak.) at once fair and young.—ns. Sweet′-bay the laurel (Laurus nobilis); Sweet′bread the pancreas of an animal used for food both delicate and nutritious.—adj. Sweet′-breathed sweet-smelling.—ns. Sweet′-brī′er a thorny shrub of the rose kind resembling the brier having a sweet smell; Sweet′-corn a variety of maize.—v.t. Sweet′en to make sweet: to make pleasing mild or kind: to increase the agreeable qualities of: to make pure and healthy.—ns. Sweet′ener one who or that which sweetens; Sweet′ening act of sweetening: that which sweetens; Sweet′-flag -rush an aromatic plant of the genus Acorus of the arum family; Sweet′heart a lover or mistress.—n.pl. Sweet′ies confections.—n. Sweet′ing a sweet apple: (Shak.) a darling a word of endearment.—adj. Sweet′ish somewhat sweet to the taste.—ns. Sweet′ishness; Sweet′-john a flower of the narrow-leaved varieties of a species of pink Dianthus barbatus as distinguished from other varieties called Sweet-william; Sweet′leaf a small tree in the southern United States having sweetish leaves relished by cattle and horses; Sweet′-lips one whose lips are sweet—a term of endearment: the ballanwrasse or Labrus maculatus.—adv. Sweet′ly.—ns. Sweet′-mar′joram a fragrant species of marjoram; Sweet′meat a confection made wholly or chiefly of sugar; Sweet′-nan′cy the double-flowered variety of Narcissus poeticus; Sweet′ness; Sweet′-oil olive-oil; Sweet′-pea a pea cultivated for its fragrance and beauty; Sweet′-potā′to a twining plant common in tropical and sub-tropical countries having large sweetish edible tubers.—adj. Sweet′-scent′ed having a sweet smell.—n. Sweet′-sop a tropical American evergreen also its pulpy fruit.—adj. Sweet′-tem′pered having a mild amiable disposition.—ns. Sweet′-wa′ter a white variety of the European grape with very sweet juice; Sweet′-will′iam the bunch-pink Dianthus barbatus a garden flower of many colours and varieties; Sweet′wood a name applied to various trees and shrubs of the laurel family found in South America and the West Indies.—Be sweet on or upon to be in love with.

Checked by Dale