noun
- English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912.
- synonyms: Henry Sweet
- A dish served as the last course of a meal.
- A food rich in sugar.
- synonyms: confection
- The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth.
- synonyms: sweetness, sugariness
- The property of tasting as if it contains sugar.
- synonyms: sweetness
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"
- synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
- 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"
- synonyms: gratifying
- Having a natural fragrance.
- usage: "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
- synonyms: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
- Used of wines. ( having a high residual sugar content)
- usage: "sweet dessert wines"
- Not containing or composed of salt water.
- usage: "fresh water"
- synonyms: fresh
- Not soured or preserved.
- usage: "sweet milk"
- synonyms: fresh, unfermented
- With sweetening added.
- synonyms: sugared, sweetened, sweet-flavored
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"
- synonyms: sweetly
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