- 1 containing, or tasting as if it contains, a lot of sugar a cup of hot sweet tea sweet food I had a craving for something sweet. sweet sherry This wine is too sweet for me. compare bitter, salty opposite sour Wordfindertastebitter, bland, hot, pungent, savoury, sour, spicy, sweet, tart, taste Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, smell, taste, … adverbextremely, fairly, very, … See full entry See related entries: Taste of food smell
- 2 having a pleasant smell synonym fragrant a sweet-smelling rose The air was sweet with incense. Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, smell, taste, … adverbextremely, fairly, very, … See full entry sound
- 3having a pleasant sound a sweet voice pure
- 4pleasant and not containing any harmful substances the sweet air of a mountain village satisfying
- 5making you feel happy and/or satisfied Goodnight. Sweet dreams. I can't tell you how sweet this victory is. He played a sweet shot onto the final green (= in golf). an act of sweet revenge Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, look, seem, … adverbawfully, really, terribly, … prepositionto phrasesdear sweet…, short and sweet, sweet and innocent, … See full entry attractive
- 6(especially British English) (especially of children or small things) attractive synonym cute His sister's a sweet young thing. You look sweet in this photograph. We stayed in a sweet little hotel on the seafront. Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, look, seem, … adverbawfully, really, terribly, … prepositionto phrasesdear sweet…, short and sweet, sweet and innocent, … See full entry kind
- 7having or showing a kind character She gave him her sweetest smile. He's one of the sweetest people I know. It was sweet of them to offer to help. He’s not what you’d call sweet-tempered! Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, look, seem, … adverbawfully, really, terribly, … prepositionto phrasesdear sweet…, short and sweet, sweet and innocent, … See full entry See related entries: Kind good
- 8Sweet! (especially North American English, informal) used to show that you approve of something Free tickets? Sweet! Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, look, seem, … adverbawfully, really, terribly, … prepositionto phrasesdear sweet…, short and sweet, sweet and innocent, … See full entry Word OriginOld English swēte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoet, German süss, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin suavis and Greek hēdus.Extra examples I found the dessert a bit sweet for my taste. I’ll keep it short and sweet. Is the tea sweet enough for you? My dear sweet sister Jillie. She looked so sweet and innocent. She was really sweet to me. The air smelled sweet and clean. a rather sweet little cottage a sickeningly sweet smile an overpowering, sickly sweet smell His sister’s a sweet young thing. What a sweet little dog!Idioms
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BrE BrE//swiːt//; NAmE NAmE//swiːt//
(sweeter, sweetest) Kind, Taste of food(old-fashioned, informal) to like somebody very much in a romantic way
(informal) to like food that contains a lot of sugar
(often ironic) used to say how pleasant your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all)
how and when you want to, even though this might annoy other people He always does the work, but in his own sweet time.
(informal) to say or do pleasant things in order to keep somebody in a good mood so that they will agree to do something for you You’d better keep her sweet if you want her to lend you the money.
(saying) what is important is what people or things are, not what they are called
(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) everything is all right
(informal) pleasant but not lasting a long time We haven't much time so I'll keep it short and sweet. More Like ThisAlliteration in idioms belt and braces, (beat somebody) black and blue, born and bred, chalk and cheese, chop and change, done and dusted, down and dirty, in dribs and drabs, eat somebody out of house and home, facts and figures, fast and furious, first and foremost, forgive and forget, hale and hearty, hem and haw, kith and kin, mix and match, part and parcel of something, puff and pant, go to rack and ruin, rant and rave, risk life and limb, short and sweet, signed and sealed, spic and span, through thick and thin, this and that, top and tail something, tried and tested/trusted, wax and waneSee worksheet.
(British English, informal) nothing at all. People say ‘sweet FA’ to avoid saying ‘fuck all’.
romantic words to whisper sweet nothings in somebody’s ear
(informal) the pleasant feeling of being successful
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