<b><font size="4">"sweet"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>having a pleasant taste (as of sugar) [ant: <a href="../sour.html">sour</a>] </li> <li>having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: <a href="../angelic.html">angelic</a>, <a href="../angelical.html">angelical</a>, <a href="../cherubic.html">cherubic</a>, <a href="../seraphic.html">seraphic</a>] </li> <li>pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: <a href="../dulcet.html">dulcet</a>, <a href="../honeyed.html">honeyed</a>, <a href="../mellifluous.html">mellifluous</a>, <a href="../mellisonant.html">mellisonant</a>] </li> <li>one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey </li> <li>pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child" </li> <li>pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" [syn: <a href="../gratifying.html">gratifying</a>] </li> <li>having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" [syn: <a href="../odoriferous.html">odoriferous</a>, <a href="../odorous.html">odorous</a>, <a href="../perfumed.html">perfumed</a>, <a href="../scented.html">scented</a>, <a href="../sweet-scented.html">sweet-scented</a>, <a href="../sweet-smelling.html">sweet-smelling</a>] </li> <li>(used of wines) having a sweet taste [ant: <a href="../dry.html">dry</a>] </li> <li>not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: <a href="../fresh.html">fresh</a>, <a href="../unfermented.html">unfermented</a>] </li> <li>with sweetening added [syn: <a href="../sugared.html">sugared</a>, <a href="../sweetened.html">sweetened</a>] </li> <li>not having a salty taste; "sweet water" [syn: <a href="../unsalty.html">unsalty</a>]</li> </ol> <b>noun</b> <ol> <li>English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912) [syn: <a href="/">Henry Sweet</a>] </li> <li>a dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: <a href="../dessert.html">dessert</a>, <a href="../afters.html">afters</a>] </li> <li>a food rich in sugar [syn: <a href="../confection.html">confection</a>, <a href="../confectionery.html">confectionery</a>] </li> <li>the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn: <a href="../sweetness.html">sweetness</a>, <a href="../sugariness.html">sugariness</a>] </li> <li>the property of containing sugar [syn: <a href="../sweetness.html">sweetness</a>]</li> </ol> <b>adverb</b> <ol> <li>in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other" [syn: <a href="../sweetly.html">sweetly</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../sweet.html">http://www.word.sc/sweet</a>

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