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KK Pronunciation

〔 swit 〕

Pronunciation

〔 swiːt 〕


Overview of noun sweet

The noun sweet has 5 senses


  • Sweet, Henry Sweet -- (English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912))

  • dessert, sweet, afters -- (a dish served as the last course of a meal)

  • sweet, confection -- (a food rich in sugar)

  • sweet, sweetness, sugariness -- (the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth)

  • sweetness, sweet -- (the property of tasting as if it contains sugar)


Overview of adj sweet

The adj sweet has 10 senses


  • sweet -- (having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar)

  • angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet -- (having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition")

  • dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet -- (pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello")

  • sweet -- (pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child")

  • gratifying, sweet -- (pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge")

  • odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling -- (having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers")

  • sweet -- ((used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet dessert wines")

  • fresh, sweet -- (not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water")

  • fresh, sweet, unfermented -- (not soured or preserved; "sweet milk")

  • sugared, sweetened, sweet, sweet-flavored -- (with sweetening added)


Overview of adv sweet

The adv sweet has 1 sense


  • sweetly, sweet -- (in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other")