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(satellite adjective) not having a salty taste; "sweet water" |
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Synonyms: unsalty |
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(satellite adjective) pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child" |
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(adjective) (used of wines) having a sweet taste |
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Antonyms: dry |
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(adjective) having a pleasant taste (as of sugar) |
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Antonyms: sour |
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(satellite adjective) one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey |
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(noun) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth |
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Synonyms: sugariness, sweetness |
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Related Words: gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation |
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(noun) a food rich in sugar |
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Synonyms: confection, confectionery |
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Related Words: candied apple, candy, candy apple, caramel apple, chewing gum, comfit, confiture, dainty, delicacy, goody, gum, hardbake, kickshaw, maraschino, maraschino cherry, nonpareil, sweetmeat, taffy apple, treat |
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(adverb) in an affectionate or loving manner; "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; (`sweet' is a poetic or informal variant for `sweetly' as in "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other") |
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Synonyms: sweetly |
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(satellite adjective) pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" |
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Synonyms: gratifying |
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(satellite adjective) not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" |
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Synonyms: fresh |
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(satellite adjective) not having undergone fermentation; "sweet cider" |
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Synonyms: unfermented |
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(noun) the property of having a pleasantly sweet taste |
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Synonyms: sweetness |
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Related Words: saccharinity, sugariness, taste property |
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(noun) a sweet served as the last course of a meal |
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Synonyms: dessert |
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Related Words: ambrosia, baked Alaska, blancmange, charlotte, compote, course, dumpling, flan, frozen dessert, fruit compote, junket, mousse, prune whip, pud, pudding, sabayon, sillabub, syllabub, trifle, zabaglione |
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(satellite adjective) with sweetening added |
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Synonyms: sugared, sweetened |
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(satellite adjective) having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" |
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Synonyms: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling |
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(satellite adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" |
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Synonyms: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic |
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(satellite adjective) pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" |
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Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant |
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