sweet (sweeter comparative) (sweetest superlative) (sweets plural )
1 adj Sweet food and drink contains a lot of sugar.
...a mug of sweet tea..., If the sauce seems too sweet, add a dash of red wine vinegar.
sweetness n-uncount
Florida oranges have a natural sweetness.
2 n-count Sweets are small sweet things such as toffees, chocolates, and mints.
(BRIT)
in AM, use candy
3 n-var A sweet is something sweet, such as fruit or a pudding, that you eat at the end of a meal, especially in a restaurant.
(BRIT)
(=dessert)
The sweet was a mousse flavoured with whisky.
in AM, use dessert
4 adj A sweet smell is a pleasant one, for example the smell of a flower.
She'd baked some bread which made the air smell sweet.
5 adj If you describe something such as air or water as sweet, you mean that it smells or tastes pleasantly fresh and clean.
I gulped a breath of sweet air.
6 adj A sweet sound is pleasant, smooth, and gentle.
Her voice was as soft and sweet as a young girl's., ...the sweet sounds of Mozart.
sweetly adv usu ADV with v
He sang much more sweetly than he has before.
7 adj If you describe something as sweet, you mean that it gives you great pleasure and satisfaction.
WRITTEN, Antonym: bitter There are few things quite as sweet as revenge.
8 adj If you describe someone as sweet, you mean that they are pleasant, kind, and gentle towards other people.
How sweet of you to think of me!
sweetly adv usu ADV with v
I just smiled sweetly and said no.
9 adj If you describe a small person or thing as sweet, you mean that they are attractive in a simple or unsophisticated way.
INFORMAL
(=cute)
...a sweet little baby girl..., The house was really sweet.
11 →
a sweet tooth →
tooth
boiled sweet (boiled sweets plural )Boiled sweets are hard sweets that are made from boiled sugar.
(BRIT) n-count
in AM, use hard candy
sweet and sour , sweet-and-sour
Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar. adj ADJ n
sweet nothings
If someone whispers sweet nothings to you, they quietly say nice, loving, and flattering things to you. n-plural
sweet pea (sweet peas plural ), sweetpea A sweet pea is a climbing plant which has delicate, sweet-smelling flowers. n-count
sweet pepper (sweet peppers plural )A sweet pepper is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable. n-count
(=capsicum)
sweet potato (sweet potatoes plural )Sweet potatoes are vegetables that look like large ordinary potatoes but taste sweet. They have pinkish-brown skins and yellow flesh. n-var
sweet shop (sweet shops plural ), sweetshop A sweet shop is a small shop that sells sweets and cigarettes, and sometimes newspapers and magazines.
(BRIT) n-count oft the N
in AM, use candy store
sweet talk (sweet talks 3rd person present) (sweet talking present participle) (sweet talked past tense & past participle ), sweet-talk If you sweet talk someone, you talk to them very nicely so that they will do what you want. verb
She could always sweet-talk Pamela into letting her stay up late... V n into -ing/n
He even tried to sweet-talk the policewoman who arrested him. V n
