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Word3 sweet
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /swiːt/ /swiːt/
Example
  • a cup of hot sweet tea
  • sweet food
  • i had a craving for something sweet.
  • roast duck with a sweet and sour sauce
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sweet

(adjective)/swiːt/ /swiːt/
  1. containing, or tasting as if it contains, a lot of sugar
    • OPPOSITE sour
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sour_2
    • a cup of hot sweet tea
    • sweet food
    • I had a craving for something sweet.
    • roast duck with a sweet and sour sauce
    • sweet sherry
    • This wine is too sweet for me.
    • I found the dessert a bit sweet for my taste.
  2. having a pleasant smell
    • SYNONYM fragrant
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fragrant
    • a sweet-smelling rose
    • The air was sweet with incense.

    Extra Examples

    • The air smelled sweet and clean.
    • an overpowering, sickly sweet smell
  3. having a pleasant sound
    • a sweet voice
  4. pleasant and not containing any harmful substances
    • the sweet air of a mountain village
  5. making you feel happy and/or satisfied
    • Goodnight. Sweet dreams.
    • I can't tell you how sweet this victory is.
    • He played a sweet shot onto the final green (= in golf).
    • an act of sweet revenge
  6. attractive
    • SYNONYM cute
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cute
    • His sister's a sweet young thing.
    • You look sweet in this photograph.
    • We stayed in a sweet little hotel on the seafront.

    Extra Examples

    • a rather sweet little cottage
    • What a sweet little dog!
  7. having or showing a kind character
    • She gave him her sweetest smile.
    • He's one of the sweetest people I know.
    • It was sweet of them to offer to help.
    • He’s not what you’d call sweet-tempered!

    Extra Examples

    • a sickeningly sweet smile
    • She was really sweet to me.
    • She looked so sweet and innocent.
  8. used to show that you approve of something
    • Free tickets? Sweet!
  9. to like somebody very much in a romantic way
  10. to like food that contains a lot of sugar
  11. used to say how pleasant your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all)
  12. how and when you want to, even though this might annoy other people
    • He always does the work, but in his own sweet time.
    • She just ignores all the criticism and continues on her own sweet way.
  13. to say or do pleasant things in order to keep somebody in a good mood so that they will agree to do something for you
    • You’d better keep her sweet if you want her to lend you the money.
  14. what is important is what people or things are, not what they are called
  15. everything is all right
  16. pleasant but not lasting a long time
    • We haven't much time so I'll keep it short and sweet.
  17. nothing at all. People say ‘sweet FA’ to avoid saying ‘fuck all’.
  18. romantic words
    • to whisper sweet nothings in somebody’s ear
  19. the pleasant feeling of being successful
  20. Word Origin

    • Old English swēte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoet, German süss, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin suavis and Greek hēdus.
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