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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 |