sweetness

Sweet  (swt), Henry 1845-1912.

British phonetician and philologist. A founder of modern phonetics, he is known especially for his History of English Sounds (1874).

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sweet  (swt)

adj. sweet·er, sweet·est

1. Having the taste of sugar or a substance containing or resembling sugar, as honey or saccharin.

2.

a. Containing or derived from sugar.

b. Retaining some natural sugar; not dry: a sweet wine.

3.

a. Pleasing to the senses; agreeable: the sweet song of the lark; a sweet face.

b. Pleasing to the mind or feelings; gratifying: sweet revenge.

4. Having a pleasing disposition; lovable: a sweet child.

5. Kind; gracious: It was sweet of him to help out.

6. Fragrant; perfumed: a sweet scent.

7. Not saline or salted: sweet water; sweet butter.

8. Not spoiled, sour, or decaying; fresh: sweet milk.

9. Free of acid or acidity: sweet soil.

10. Low in sulfur content: sweet fuel oil.

11. Music Of, relating to, or being a form of jazz characterized by adherence to a melodic line and to a time signature.

12. Used as an intensive: took his own sweet time to finish; earns a sweet million per year.

adv.

In a sweet manner; sweetly.

n.

1. Sweet taste or quality; sweetness.

2. Something sweet to the taste.

3. sweets

a. Foods, such as candy, pastries, puddings, or preserves, that are high in sugar content.

b. Informal Sweet potatoes: candied sweets.

4. Chiefly British

a. A sweet dish, such as pudding, served as dessert.

b. A sweetmeat or confection.

5. A dear or beloved person.

6. Something pleasing to the mind or feelings.

Idiom:

sweet on Informal

Enamored of; in love with.

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[Middle English swete, from Old English swte; see swd- in Indo-European roots.]

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sweetly adv.

sweetness n.

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Sweetness 

See Also: PLEASURE, TASTE

1. Sweet as a chaplain —Elizabeth Hardwick

   ’Sweet’ as a comparison dates way back probably beginning with Chaucer’s “Sweet as the root of licorice” and Henry Buttes’ “Sweet as a nut.” Variations continue to develop, or, to coin another simile, “Grow like the taste for sweet things.”

2. Sweet as a first love affair —Isak Dinesen
3. (My tongue was) sweet as a fresh plum —George Garrett
4. Sweet as a kiss —Isak Dinesen
5. Sweet as a mountain lilac —Raymond Chandler
6. Sweet as apple cider —Eddie Cantor

   This simile was immortalized by singer-vaudevillian Eddie Cantor in his musical ode to his wife Ida: “Ida … sweet as apple cidah!”

7. (The words) sweet as a reprieve —Delmore Schwartz
8. (We bit into life and life was) sweet as a ripe apple —George Garrett
9. Sweet as cream —Marge Piercy
10. Sweet as love, or the remembrance of a generous deed —William Wordsworth
11. Sweet as love songs —Slogan, Kerr butterscotch candy
12. Sweet as melancholy —Robert Burton
13. Sweet as new-mown hay —W. S. Gilbert
14. Sweet as pie —Anon

    The “Sweet as pie” continues in use, both in its literal sense and to describe someone’s personality.

15. (Kisses as) sweet as sweet mountain dew —Langston Hughes
16. Sweet as the hope of Paradise —F. van Wyck Mason
17. Sweeter than honey from a rock —Christina Rossetti
18. Sweeter than perfume —William Shakespeare
19. Sweet like pineapple —Marge Piercy

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sweetness - the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth sugariness, sweet 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 stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
	2.	sweetness - the property of tasting as if it contains sugar sweet taste property - a property appreciated via the sense of taste saccharinity - the excessive sweetness of saccharin sugariness - the sweetness of sugar
	3.	sweetness - a pleasingly sweet olfactory property fragrancy, redolence, bouquet, fragrance aroma, odor, olfactory property, odour, smell, scent - any property detected by the olfactory system
	4.	sweetness - the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day" pleasantness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare agreeableness, amenity - pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions; "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations"; "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age" enjoyableness - pleasantness resulting from something that can be enjoyed; "the enjoyableness of an afternoon at the beach" niceness - the quality of nice disagreeableness - the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant

Translations

sweetness [ˈswiːtnɪs] N

1. [of food] → sabor m dulce, dulzor m

2. (fig) [of smell] → fragancia f, buen olor m; [of sound] → suavidad f; [of person, character] → dulzura f; [of appearance] → encanto m; (= kindness) → simpatía f
now all is sweetness and light → reina ahora la más perfecta armonía
he was all sweetness and light yesterday → ayer estuvo la mar de amable

sweetness [ˈswiːtnəs] n

[food, drink, taste] → goût m sucré

[person, nature, smile] → douceur f
sweet nothings npl → mots mpl doux
to whisper sweet nothings in sb's ear → susurrer des mots doux à l'oreille de qn
sweet pea n → pois m de senteur
sweet pepper n → poivron m
sweet potato n → patate f douce
sweet-scented sweet-smelling [ˌswiːtˈsmɛlɪŋ] adj → qui sent bon, odorant(e)
sweet shop sweetshop [ˈswiːtʃɒp] n (British) → confiserie f
sweet talk n → flagorneries fpl
sweet-talk [ˈswiːttɔːk] vt → flagorner
sweet tooth n
to have a sweet tooth → avoir un faible pour les sucreries
sweet trolley n (British) → chariot m des desserts

sweetness

n (lit) → Süßigkeit f, → Süße f; (fig) → Süße f; (of smile, nature) → Liebenswürdigkeit f; (of person) → liebe Art; (= freshness, of food, water) → Frische f; (of air, breath) → Reinheit f, → Frische f; now all is sweetness and light (usu iro) → nun herrscht eitel Freude und Sonnenschein

sweetness [ˈswiːtnɪs] n (gen) → dolcezza; (of taste) → sapore m dolce; (of breath) → freschezza
now all is sweetness and light → adesso tutti sono felici e contenti