| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | swiy't |
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| Rhymes | aesthete, athlete, backseat, and 73 more rhymes in iyt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Having a pleasant taste (as of sugar). |
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| Similar | cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly; sweetish |
| See also | sugary; sweet; tasteful |
| Contrary | sour |
| Meaning | Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub. |
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| Examples | "a sweet disposition" |
| Synonyms | angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic |
| Similar to | lovable, loveable |
| Adverbs | sweetly |
| Meaning | Pleasing to the ear. |
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| Synonyms | dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant |
| Similar to | melodious, melodic, musical |
| Meaning | One of the four basic taste sensations. Very pleasant. Like the taste of sugar or honey. |
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| Similar to | tasteful |
| Meaning | Pleasing to the senses. |
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| Examples | "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child" |
| Similar to | pleasing |
| Meaning | Pleasing to the mind or feeling. |
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| Examples | "sweet revenge" |
| Synonyms | gratifying |
| Similar to | pleasing |
| Meaning | Having a natural fragrance. |
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| Synonyms | odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling |
| Similar to | fragrant |
| Meaning | (used of wines) having a sweet taste. |
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| See also | sugary; sweet |
| Contrary | dry |
| Meaning | Not soured or preserved. |
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| Examples | "sweet milk" |
| Synonyms | fresh, unfermented |
| Similar to | unsoured |
| Meaning | With sweetening added. |
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| Synonyms | sugared, sweetened |
| Similar to | sugary |
| Meaning | Not having a salty taste. |
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| Examples | "sweet water" |
| Synonyms | unsalty |
| Similar to | fresh |
| Meaning | English phonetician. One of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912). |
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| Synonyms | Henry Sweet |
| Broader | phonetician |
| Meaning | A dish served as the last course of a meal. |
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| Synonyms | dessert, afters |
| Narrower | ambrosia; baked Alaska; blancmange; charlotte; compote, fruit compote; dumpling; flan; frozen dessert; junket; mousse; peach melba; whip; pudding; syllabub, sillabub; tiramisu; trifle; zabaglione, sabayon |
| Broader | course |
| Meaning | A food rich in sugar. |
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| Synonyms | confection, confectionery |
| Narrower | confiture; sweetmeat; candy; hardbake; chewing gum, gum; candied apple, candy apple, taffy apple, caramel apple, toffee apple; center, centre; comfit; maraschino, maraschino cherry; nonpareil |
| Broader | dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat |
| Meaning | The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth. |
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| Synonyms | sweetness, sugariness |
| Broader | taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception |
| Meaning | The property of containing sugar. |
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| Synonyms | sweetness |
| Narrower | saccharinity; sugariness |
| Broader | taste property |
| Meaning | In an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'). |
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| Examples | "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other" |
| Synonyms | sweetly |
| Category | poetry, poesy, verse |
| Usage | colloquialism |