sweet

Meanings

• English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
• a dish served as the last course of a meal
• a food rich in sugar
• the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
• the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
• having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
• having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
  • "a sweet disposition"
• pleasing to the ear
• pleasing to the senses
  • "the sweet song of the lark"
  • "the sweet face of a child"
• pleasing to the mind or feeling
  • "sweet revenge"
• having a natural fragrance
• (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
  • "sweet dessert wines"
• not containing or composed of salt water
• not soured or preserved
  • "sweet milk"
• with sweetening added
• in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); ; - Shakespeare
  • "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"
  • "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"
  • "talking sweet to each other"

Synonyms

afters, angelic, angelical, cherubic, confection, dessert, dulcet, fresh, gratifying, Henry Sweet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, seraphic, sugared, sugariness, sweet-flavored, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, sweetened, sweetly, sweetness, unfermented