What is the meaning of Sweet?

noun

  • 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.

adjective

  • Having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar.
  • Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub.
    • usage: "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"
  • Pleasing to the ear.
    • usage: "the dulcet tones of the cello"
  • Pleasing to the senses.
    • usage: "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"
  • Pleasing to the mind or feeling.
    • usage: "sweet revenge"
  • Having a natural fragrance.
    • usage: "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
  • Used of wines. ( having a high residual sugar content)
    • usage: "sweet dessert wines"
  • Not containing or composed of salt water.
    • usage: "fresh water"
  • Not soured or preserved.
    • usage: "sweet milk"
  • With sweetening added.

adverb

  • In an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'. )
    • usage: "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other"
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APAWordNet. (2010). sweet. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/sweet/definitions/1235043
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