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bonbon
, dessert
, chéri
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Sweet
- (superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
- (n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
- (superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
- (superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
- (n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
- (n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
- (adv.) Sweetly.
- (superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
- (superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
- (superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
- (v. t.) To sweeten.
- (superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.
- (n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.
- (n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
- (n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.
Synonyms:
Angelic, Angelical, Cherubic, Confection, Confectionery, Dulcet, Fresh, Gratifying, Honeyed, Mellifluous, Odoriferous, Odorous, Perfumed, Scented, Seraphic, Sugared, Sugariness, Sweet-scented, Sweetened, Sweetly, Sweetness,
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• Sweeten
- (a.) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
- (a.) To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper.
- (a.) To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.
- (a.) To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.
- (a.) To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.
- (a.) To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.
- (a.) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life.
- (a.) To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.
- (v. i.) To become sweet.
Synonyms:
Dulcify, Dulcorate, Edulcorate,
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• Sweetly
- (adv.) In a sweet manner.
Synonyms:
Sweet,
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