sweet

See also: Sweet

sweet - English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /swiːt/
  • (General American) IPA: /swit/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /swiːt/
  • Homophone: suite

Adjective

sweet (comparative sweeter, superlative sweetest)

  1. Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
    • a sweet apple
  2. Having a taste of sugar.
  3. (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
    • Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
  4. Not having a salty taste.
    • sweet butter
  5. Having a pleasant smell.
    • a sweet scent
  6. Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
    • sweet milk
  7. Having a pleasant sound.
    • a sweet tune
  8. Having a pleasing disposition.
    • a sweet child
    • You're so sweet!
  9. Having a helpful disposition.
    • It was sweet of him to help out.
  10. (mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
    • sweet gas
    • sweet soil
    • sweet crude oil
  11. (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
    • The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
  12. (slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.
  13. (informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of.
    • The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.
  14. Fresh; not salt or brackish.
    • sweet water
  15. (of soil, UK, dated) Alkaline.
  16. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
    • a sweet face
    • a sweet colour or complexion
  17. An intensifier.

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Interjection

sweet

  1. Used as a positive response to good news or information.
    • They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet!

Adverb

sweet (comparative more sweet, superlative most sweet)

  1. In a sweet manner.

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Noun

sweet (countable and uncountable, plural sweets)

  1. (uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
  2. (countable, Britain) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
  3. (countable, Britain) A food eaten for dessert.
    • Can we see the sweet menu, please?
  4. Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.
    • Good evening, my sweet.
  5. (obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
  6. (obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

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Verb

sweet (third-person singular simple present sweets, present participle sweeting, simple past and past participle sweeted)

  1. (obsolete or poetic) To sweeten.

Anagrams

sweet - Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /svɪə̯t/

Noun

sweet (uncountable)

  1. sweat
    • Daar was baie sweet op haar voorhoof.
      • There was a lot of sweat on her forehead.

Verb

sweet (present sweet, present participle swetende, past participle gesweet)

  1. to sweat

sweet - Chinese

Alternative forms

  • 時weet时weet (si4 wit1), 是weet (si6 wit1), 士weet (si6 wit1)

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): si4 wit1, si6 wit1

Adjective

sweet

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) romantic

Derived terms

  • sweet sweet

sweet - Middle Dutch

Noun

swêet n

  1. sweat, perspiration

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Alternative forms

  • sweit

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Descendants

sweet - Yola

Adjective

sweet

  1. sweet
Meaning and Definition of sweet
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