English word

Sweet

Definitions

adjective

  1. 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
  2. very good or appealing
  3. much loved : dear
  4. not sour, rancid, decaying, or stale : wholesome
  5. not salt or salted : fresh
  6. free from excessive acidity
  7. free from noxious gases and odors
  8. free from excess of acid, sulfur, or corrosive salts
  9. skillful, proficient
  10. Henry 1845–1912 English phonetician
  11. containing a sweetening ingredient : not dryof a beverage
  12. retaining a portion of natural sugarof wine
  13. pleasing to the mind or feelings : agreeable, gratifying
  14. marked by gentle good humor or kindliness
  15. fragrant
  16. delicately pleasing to the ear or eye
  17. played in a straightforward melodic style
  18. saccharine, cloying

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