[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"sweet"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]having a pleasant taste (as of sugar) [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/sour"]sour[/URL]] [*]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: [URL="http://www.word.sc/angelic"]angelic[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/angelical"]angelical[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/cherubic"]cherubic[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/seraphic"]seraphic[/URL]] [*]pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/dulcet"]dulcet[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/honeyed"]honeyed[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/mellifluous"]mellifluous[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/mellisonant"]mellisonant[/URL]] [*]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: [URL="http://www.word.sc/gratifying"]gratifying[/URL]] [*]having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/odoriferous"]odoriferous[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/odorous"]odorous[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/perfumed"]perfumed[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/scented"]scented[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/sweet-scented"]sweet-scented[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/sweet-smelling"]sweet-smelling[/URL]] [*](used of wines) having a sweet taste [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/dry"]dry[/URL]] [*]not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/fresh"]fresh[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/unfermented"]unfermented[/URL]] [*]with sweetening added [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/sugared"]sugared[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/sweetened"]sweetened[/URL]] [*]not having a salty taste; "sweet water" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/unsalty"]unsalty[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912) [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/Henry Sweet"]Henry Sweet[/URL]] [*]a dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/dessert"]dessert[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/afters"]afters[/URL]] [*]a food rich in sugar [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/confection"]confection[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/confectionery"]confectionery[/URL]] [*]the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/sweetness"]sweetness[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/sugariness"]sugariness[/URL]] [*]the property of containing sugar [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/sweetness"]sweetness[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]adverb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]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: [URL="http://www.word.sc/sweetly"]sweetly[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/sweet"]http://www.word.sc/sweet[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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