English word
Sweet
Definitions
adjective
- being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is usually pleasing to the taste and typically induced by sugars (as sucrose or glucose) compare bitter entry 1 sense 1a, salty entry 1 sense 1b, sour entry 1 sense 1, umami entry 2
- very good or appealing
- much loved : dear
- not sour, rancid, decaying, or stale : wholesome
- not salt or salted : fresh
- free from excessive acidity
- free from noxious gases and odors
- free from excess of acid, sulfur, or corrosive salts
- skillful, proficient
- Henry 1845–1912 English phonetician
- containing a sweetening ingredient : not dryof a beverage
- retaining a portion of natural sugarof wine
- pleasing to the mind or feelings : agreeable, gratifying
- marked by gentle good humor or kindliness
- fragrant
- delicately pleasing to the ear or eye
- played in a straightforward melodic style
- saccharine, cloying
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