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Antonyms for sweet

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : sweet
Phonetic Transcription : swit

Definition of sweet

Origin :
  • Old English swete "pleasing to the senses, mind or feelings," from Proto-Germanic *swotijaz (cf. Old Saxon swoti, Swedish söt, Danish sød, Middle Dutch soete, Dutch zoet, Old High German swuozi, German süß), from PIE root *swad- "sweet, pleasant" (Sanskrit svadus "sweet;" Greek hedys "sweet, pleasant, agreeable," hedone "pleasure;" Latin suavis "sweet," suadere "to advise," properly "to make something pleasant to").
  • To be sweet on someone is first recorded 1690s. Sweet-talk (v.) dates from 1935; earliest uses seem to refer to conversation between black and white in segregated U.S. Sweet sixteen first recorded 1767. Sweet dreams as a parting to one going to sleep is attested from 1898, short for sweet dreams to you, etc. Sweet and sour in cooking is from 1723 and not originally of oriental food.
  • adj sugary
  • adj friendly, kind
  • adj nice-smelling
  • adj nice-sounding
  • noun sugary food
Example sentences :
  • It is sweet and refreshing to pursue our old subjects of discourse.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • But sweet beyond words had been this speech from the bartender.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • But in her sweet way she had given him her woman's aftermath of love.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • It has all been very sweet, but it will also be sweet to loaf awhile.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • Lift up your sweet face, my best child, my own Clarissa Harlowe!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • She and Jessica remained in each other's arms for a long, sweet moment.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • This has been such a sweet, happy wedding that we mustn't spoil its gladness.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Hester lifted her, and held her to kiss the sweet white face.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Sweet Prince, tell me again of thy palace by the Lake of Como.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • I have crowns in my pouch, my sweet, and I mean to spend them.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for sweet

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