sweetness

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UK /ˈswiːtnəs/ US /ˈswitnəs/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.) sweet smell/taste

ADJ

natural | cloying, sickly

lingering

The lingering sweetness in her mouth reminded her of the chocolate cake from hours before.

QUANT

hint

The cake had a hint of sweetness that wasn't too strong or overpowering.

VERB + SWEETNESS

taste

(noun.) pleasantness

ADJ

exquisite, great | saccharine

VERB + SWEETNESS

taste

She closed her eyes to taste the sweetness of the ripe peach.

PHRASES

all sweetness and light

My boss seems all sweetness and light during meetings, but treats staff differently when cameras aren't around.

Definitions

noun

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.

A pleasant disposition; kindness.

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

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.

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?"

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the quality of giving pleasure

pleasantness

noun — a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

bouquet
fragrance
fragrancy
redolence

noun — the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

sweet

noun — the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

sweet
sugariness

Antonyms

unpleasantness

Idioms & Phrases

sweetness and light

That which is good, pleasant, pure, etc.

The Difference is, that inſtead of Dirt and Poiſon, we have rather choſe to fill our Hives with Honey and Wax, thus furniſhing Mankind with the two Nobleſt of Things, which are Swe

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

Those who haven't lived in the eighteenth century before the Revolution do not know the sweetness of life.

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The sweetness of Interlingua was more suited to my poetic vision.

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The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, sweetness is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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