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How to pronounce sweet in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fresh
Type Words
Synonyms henry sweet
Type Words
Synonyms sweetly


Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly.
how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank.
talking sweet to each other.
Type Words
Synonyms gratifying
Derivation sweetness


sweet revenge.
Type Words
Synonyms sugared, sweet-flavored, sweetened
Derivation sweetness
Type Words
Synonyms confection
Type of dainty, delicacy, kickshaw, goody, treat
Has types maraschino, candied apple, candy, candy apple, caramel apple, center, centre, chewing gum, comfit, confect, confectionery, confiture, gum, hardbake, maraschino cherry, nonpareil, sweetmeat, taffy apple, toffee apple
Type Words
Synonyms dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
Derivation sweetness
Type Words
Synonyms odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
Derivation sweetness
Type Words
Synonyms sweetness
Type of taste property
Has types sugariness, saccharinity
Type Words
Synonyms sugariness, sweetness
Type of gustatory perception, taste sensation, taste perception, taste, gustatory sensation
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Synonyms angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic
Derivation sweetness


a sweet disposition.
Type Words
Synonyms fresh, unfermented


sweet milk.
Type Words
Synonyms afters, dessert
Type of course
Has types ambrosia, charlotte, mold, mould, mousse, baked alaska, pavlova, peach melba, tiramisu, syllabub, sillabub, pud, pudding, sabayon, zabaglione, junket, frozen dessert, fruit compote, blancmange, whip, compote, dumpling, flan
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Derivation sweetness
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Derivation sweetness


the sweet song of the lark.
the sweet face of a child.
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Derivation sweetness


sweet dessert wines.

Examples of sweet

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Businesses located in the zones receive sweet tax breaks, courtesy of the state.
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The added height fills the mouth and dissolves on the tongue, sweet-salty bliss.
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The blue crab has a delicate texture and sweet meat and is harvested year round.
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On the palate, the wine has sweet tannins and a slight feel of the forest floor.
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Whatever he makes, he'll be adding to the family's storehouse of sweet memories.
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Five lanky dogs with sweet black-lined eyes swarm the door of this Fairfax home.
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Special crafts, a buffet dinner and, of course, dancing made for sweet memories.
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Boomers have aged themselves out of the traditional sweet spot of ages 18 to 49.
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Exhibits sweet notes of raspberries, spring flowers, cherries, and strawberries.
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  • Sweetly: 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"
  • English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
  • Having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
  • Angelic: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"
  • Dessert: a dish served as the last course of a meal
  • A food rich in sugar
  • Sweet is one of the five basic tastes and is almost universally regarded as a pleasurable experience. ...
  • Sweet is the fourth studio album released by American country music artist Ken Mellons. Released in 2004, it contains the song "Paint Me a Birmingham", which was also recorded by Tracy Lawrence and released as a single. Mellons's rendition was also released shortly before Lawrence's. ...
  • Sweet (originally The Sweet) was a British rock band that formed in the late 1960s and rose to prominence as one of the main glam rock acts in the 1970s, with the classic line-up consisting of Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, and Mick Tucker.