sweetadjective
uk/swiːt/us/swiːt/sweet adjective (TASTE)
A1 (especially of food or drink) having a taste similar to that of sugar; not bitter or salty:
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- The dessert was a bit too sweet for my liking .
- We stayed at a sweet little cottage in the countryside.
- He's quite a sweet man beneath the gruff exterior.
- On the whole, I prefer dry wines to sweet ones.
- I don't usually let the children have sweet fizzy drinks.
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Flavours & tastes
- acidic
- acidity
- acidulous
- aftertaste
- bite
- bitter
- cheesy
- flavourful
- flavourless
- flavoursome
- full-bodied
- gamy
- plummy
- savour
- sugary
- sweet-and-sour
- sweetness
- tang
- tangy
- toasty
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sweet adjective (PLEASANT)
If an emotion or event is sweet, it is very pleasant and satisfying:
If a sound is sweet, it is pleasant and easy to like:
A2 (especially of something or someone small) pleasant and attractive:
B1 kind and pleasant:
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Causing pleasure
- agreeable
- all things to all people idiom
- attractive
- banging
- be better than sex idiom
- brighten
- delicacy
- do sb the world of good idiom
- dreamy
- ducky
- enchant
- engaging
- keep on the right side of sb idiom
- keep sb sweet idiom
- knock
- leafy
- lighten
- lovely
- quench
- tickle
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Idiom(s)
sweetnoun
uk/swiːt/us/swiːt/A2 [ C ] UK US candy a small piece of sweet food, made of sugar:
[ C ] US any food with a lot of sugar in it:
[ C or U ] UK sweet food eaten at the end of a meal:
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- a bag of sweets
- Johnny had a tantrum in the shop because I wouldn't buy him any sweets.
- There's a sweet shop on the other side of the road.
- I'm absolutely full, I really couldn't mange a sweet.
- Throw your sweet wrappers in the bin.
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Sweets
- almond paste
- barley sugar
- bitter chocolate
- bittersweet chocolate
- boiled sweet
- cinnamon bun
- comfit
- confectioner
- confectionery
- cotton candy
- licorice
- liquorice
- lollipop
- lolly
- marshmallow
- sherbet
- stick of rock
- sweetie
- sweetmeat
- sweety
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sweetexclamation
usuk/swiːt/mainly US Australian English informalused to show that you are happy about something or think it is good: