Dictionary
1. (
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.
2. (superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
3. (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.
4. (superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
5. (superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
6. (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.
7. (superl.) Pleasing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; persuasive; as, sweet manners.
8. (n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.
9. (n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
10. (n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
11. (n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
12. (n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
13. (n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.
14. (adv.) Sweetly.
15. (v. t.) To sweeten.
Thesaurus
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