"sweet" adjective having a pleasant taste (as of sugar) [ant: sour (http://word.sc/sour)] 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: angelic (http://word.sc/angelic), angelical (http://word.sc/angelical), cherubic (http://word.sc/cherubic), seraphic (http://word.sc/seraphic)] pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: dulcet (http://word.sc/dulcet), honeyed (http://word.sc/honeyed), mellifluous (http://word.sc/mellifluous), mellisonant (http://word.sc/mellisonant)] one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child" pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" [syn: gratifying (http://word.sc/gratifying)] having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" [syn: odoriferous (http://word.sc/odoriferous), odorous (http://word.sc/odorous), perfumed (http://word.sc/perfumed), scented (http://word.sc/scented), sweet-scented (http://word.sc/sweet-scented), sweet-smelling (http://word.sc/sweet-smelling)] (used of wines) having a sweet taste [ant: dry (http://word.sc/dry)] not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: fresh (http://word.sc/fresh), unfermented (http://word.sc/unfermented)] with sweetening added [syn: sugared (http://word.sc/sugared), sweetened (http://word.sc/sweetened)] not having a salty taste; "sweet water" [syn: unsalty (http://word.sc/unsalty)] noun English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912) [syn: Henry Sweet (http://word.sc/Henry Sweet)] a dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: dessert (http://word.sc/dessert), afters (http://word.sc/afters)] a food rich in sugar [syn: confection (http://word.sc/confection), confectionery (http://word.sc/confectionery)] the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn: sweetness (http://word.sc/sweetness), sugariness (http://word.sc/sugariness)] the property of containing sugar [syn: sweetness (http://word.sc/sweetness)] adverb 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: sweetly (http://word.sc/sweetly)] Source: http://www.word.sc/sweet

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