sweetness

UK /ˈswiːtnəs/ US /ˈswitnəs/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

The condition of being sweet (all senses).

At the same time, that pain is soothed by the brain’s perception of sweetness on a totally different area of your taste buds.

2

A pleasant disposition; kindness.

Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.

3

The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.

The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] / Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.

Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.

4

A term of address for one's sweetheart.

Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.

"Hey sweetness," he said. "How was practice?"

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