sweet
Adjective
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Having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar (synset 302376904)
also:similar to:
- cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly - overly sweet
- sweetish - somewhat sweet
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Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub (synset 301462871)
"an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"
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Pleasing to the ear (synset 301505500)
"the dulcet tones of the cello"
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Pleasing to the senses (synset 301813936)
"the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"similar to: pleasing - giving pleasure and satisfaction
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Pleasing to the mind or feeling (synset 301813678)
"sweet revenge"similar to: pleasing - giving pleasure and satisfactionsame as: gratifying
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Having a natural fragrance (synset 301056310)
"odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"similar to: fragrant - pleasant-smelling
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(used of wines) having a high residual sugar content (synset 302376172)
"sweet dessert wines"
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Not containing or composed of salt water (synset 301077395)
"fresh water"same as: fresh
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Not soured or preserved (synset 302378651)
"sweet milk"similar to: unsoured - not having turned badsame as: fresh, unfermented
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With sweetening added (synset 302346267)
similar to: sugary - containing sugar
Noun
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English phonetician;
One of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912) (synset 111346725)is an instance of: phonetician - a specialist in phoneticssame as: henry sweet -
A dish served as the last course of a meal (synset 107625449)
is a type of: course - part of a meal served at one timesubtypes:
- ambrosia - fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
- baked alaska - cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven
- blancmange - sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded
- charlotte - a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard
- compote, fruit compote - dessert of stewed or baked fruit
- dumpling - dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry
- flan - open pastry filled with fruit or custard
- frozen dessert - any of various desserts prepared by freezing
- junket - dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
- mousse - a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream
- pavlova - a dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream
- peach melba - ice cream and peaches with a liqueur
- whip - a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit
- pudding - any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
- pud, pudding - (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
- sillabub, syllabub - sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor
- tiramisu - an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate
- sabayon, zabaglione - light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled
- mold, mould - a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
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A food rich in sugar (synset 107612255)
subtypes:
- confectionery - candy and other sweets considered collectively
- confiture - preserved or candied fruit
- sweetmeat - a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)
- candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
- hardbake - a British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds
- chewing gum, gum - a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
- candied apple, candy apple, caramel apple, taffy apple, toffee apple - an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)
- center, centre - the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- comfit - candy containing a fruit or nut
- maraschino, maraschino cherry - cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur
- nonpareil - colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies
same as: confection -
The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth (synset 105724524)
is a type of: gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulussame as: sugariness, sweetness
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The property of tasting as if it contains sugar (synset 105001591)
is a type of: taste property - a property appreciated via the sense of tastesubtypes:
- saccharinity - the excessive sweetness of saccharin
- sugariness - the sweetness of sugar
same as: sweetness
Adverb
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In an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly') (synset 400474454)
"Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"; "talking sweet to each other"domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsame as: sweetly
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