sweet
Tasting of sugars.
Adjective 4 meanings
Tasting of sugars.
“a sweet apple”
Retaining a portion of sugar.
“Sweet wines are better dessert wines.”
Not of a salty taste.
Having a pleasant smell; fragrant.
“a sweet scent”
Interjection 1 meaning
Used as a positive response to good news or information.
“They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet!”
Adverb 1 meaning
In a pleasant manner.
Noun 4 meanings
The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
A food eaten for dessert.
“Can we see the sweet menu, please?”
Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.
“Good evening, my sweet.”
Etymology
From Middle English soot, sweete, swete, swoote, from Old English swēte, swoete, swōt, swœ̄te (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”), from *sweh₂d- (“sweet”) + *-us.
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SWEET at a glance
SWEET has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + W 4 + E 1 + E 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,282 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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