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Quick definitions from WordNet (sweet)
▸ 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)
▸ noun: the property of containing sugar
▸ noun: a dish served as the last course of a meal
▸ adjective: pleasing to the senses ("The sweet song of the lark")
▸ adjective: (used of wines) having a sweet taste
▸ adjective: having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)
▸ adjective: one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey
▸ adjective: not having a salty taste ("Sweet water")
▸ adjective: pleasing to the mind or feeling ("Sweet revenge")
▸ adjective: not soured or preserved ("Sweet milk")
▸ adjective: with sweetening added
▸ adjective: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub ("A sweet disposition")
▸ adjective: pleasing to the ear
▸ adjective: having a natural fragrance
▸ adverb: in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly') ("Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 7692 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #932)
▸ Also see sweets
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to sweet
▸ Usage examples for sweet
▸ Idioms related to sweet (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing sweet
▸ Popular nouns described by sweet
▸ Words that often appear near sweet
▸ Rhymes of sweet
▸ Invented words related to sweet
▸ 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)
▸ noun: the property of containing sugar
▸ noun: a dish served as the last course of a meal
▸ adjective: pleasing to the senses ("The sweet song of the lark")
▸ adjective: (used of wines) having a sweet taste
▸ adjective: having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)
▸ adjective: one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey
▸ adjective: not having a salty taste ("Sweet water")
▸ adjective: pleasing to the mind or feeling ("Sweet revenge")
▸ adjective: not soured or preserved ("Sweet milk")
▸ adjective: with sweetening added
▸ adjective: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub ("A sweet disposition")
▸ adjective: pleasing to the ear
▸ adjective: having a natural fragrance
▸ adverb: in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly') ("Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 7692 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #932)
▸ Also see sweets
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to sweet
▸ Usage examples for sweet
▸ Idioms related to sweet (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing sweet
▸ Popular nouns described by sweet
▸ Words that often appear near sweet
▸ Rhymes of sweet
▸ Invented words related to sweet