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Definition: Sweet |
SweetAdjective1. Having a pleasant taste (as of sugar). 2. Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition". 3. Pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello". 4. One of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey. 5. Pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child". 6. Pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge". 7. Having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers". 8. (used of wines) having a sweet taste. 9. Not having undergone fermentation; "sweet cider". 10. : not soured or preserved; "sweet milk". 11. : with sweetening added. 12. : not having a salty taste; "sweet water". Adverb1. In an affectionate or loving manner; "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; (`sweet' is a poetic or informal variant for `sweetly' as in "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other"). Noun1. English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912). 2. A sweet served as the last course of a meal. 3. A food rich in sugar. 4. The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth. 5. The property of containing sugar. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sweet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Sweet \Sweet\, adjective. [Comparative Sweeter; superlative Sweetest.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Term applied to a wine containing an appreciable amount of sugar. Term is often used as a synonym for dessert wine, but usually includes sweet table wines as well as fortified wines. Source: European Union. (references) |
| In the case of products with a sugar content of more than 130 grams per litre. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Pleasant taste, not exactly sugary, but found in oil in which the bitter, stringent and pungent attributes do not predominate. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A)describes the primary taste produced by aqueous solutions of various substances such as sucrose; b)describes the attribute of pure substances or mixtures which produces this taste. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Sweet as sugar. (See Similes. ). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. Eng. Free from combustible gases or other gases, or from fire stink. b. Applied to potable water and to oil and gas free of hydrogen sulfide. c. Said of crude oil or natural gas that contains few or no sulfurcompounds. CF:sour. (references) |
Slang | Interjection. Source: Uncetain, however, it could be related to people enjoying "sweet treats.". Definition: 1) When you are happy about something, you could simply say "sweet." 2) Could be used in describing something that you like. Context: Used in a casual way. Can also be used when some one is very happy about a situation. Social Source: Senior girls at Junction City High School. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
| Adjective. Source: Uncertain; believe that it comes from the liking of candy and the appeal to it's sweetness. Definition: Nice, appealing, high-quality, impressive. Refer to the word "tight". Context: Said in casual speech. Used when impressed with an object or action of a person. Social Source: The Rat Pack (Homeless people/People on the street) ). Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
Slang in 1811 | SWEET. Easy to be imposed on, or taken in; also expert, dexterous clever. Sweet's your hand; said of one dexterous at stealing. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Fresh water (also freshwater or fresh-water) is water that contains only minimal quantities of dissolved salts, especially sodium chloride, thus distinguishing it from sea water or brackish water. All freshwater ultimately comes from precipitation of atmospheric water vapor, reaching inland lakes, rivers, and groundwater bodies directly, or after melting of snow or ice (see hydrologic cycle).
Access to fresh water is a critical issue for the survival of many species, especially in desert areas. See water resources.
Even on a ship or island, there can be a "water shortage", which means a shortage of fresh water.
For fish it strongly matters how much dissolved sodium chloride the water they live in has. Most species cannot live in both fresh and salt water, though some species move between the two. Salt water fish have access to an abundance of salt, and try to get as much salt out of their body as possible, while trying to keep the water. Fresh water fish do the opposite: They have too much water, and too little salt.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fresh water."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A sweetener is a food additive which duplicates the effect of sugar on the taste, but with fewer calories. They are also called sugar substitutes.They are often used in soft drinks such as cola and food labelled as "diet".
Due to health reasons, primarily to lose weight, some people have to control their caloric intake by substituting sugar with other sweetener with little or no calories. Others such as diabetics must limit their consumption of sugar.
Chemical compounds used as sweeteners include saccharin (e.g. Sweet'n low), aspartame (e.g. Equal, Nutrasweet).
Some sweeteners, such as sorbitol, are used instead of sugar, not because they lack calories, but because they don't promote tooth decay or because they have advantages for people with diabetes in that they are metabolized more slowly than sugar and hence cause blood sugar levels to remain more stable.
People using sweeteners instead of sugar take the risk of replacing one health problem with a different one. For example, saccharin is shown to be a carcinogen to lab animals when taken in high quantities, while aspartame is an alleged neurotoxin in high quantities. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration determined in 1981 that aspartame is safe to use in foods. It has also ruled that all products containing aspartame must include a warning to phenylketonurics that the sweetener contains phenylalanine, and continues to review complaints alleging adverse reactions to products that contain aspartame.
Natural sweeteners
Artificial sweeteners:
- glycyrrhizin (see licorice) - 50x the sweetening potency of sucrose (gram for gram)
- thaumatin - 2,000x
- stevia - 250x
- acesulfame potassium (also known as Acesulfame-K or Ace-K) - 200x
- alitame
- aspartame - 160x
- cyclamate (calcium cyclamate or sodium cyclamate) - 30x
- glucitol
- saccharin (also spelled saccarine, saccarin, or saccharine) - 300x
- sorbitol
- sucralose (trademarked as Splenda or Splendar) - 600x
- xylitol - 1x (gram for gram); 1.5x (Joule for Joule)
External link
- http://www.finchcms.edu/cms/biochem/walters/sweet/sweethome.html
- http://web.unbc.ca/chemistry/CHEM110/artificial.pdf
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sweetener."
Synonyms: SweetSynonyms: angelic (adj), angelical (adj), cherubic (adj), dulcet (adj), fresh (adj), gratifying (adj), honeyed (adj), mellifluous (adj), mellisonant (adj), odoriferous (adj), odorous (adj), perfumed (adj), scented (adj), seraphic (adj), sugared (adj), sweetened (adj), sweet-scented (adj), sweet-smelling (adj), unfermented (adj), unsalty (adj), sweetly (adv), confection (n), confectionery (n), dessert (n), sugariness (n), sweetness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: dry (adj), sour (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cleanness | Adjective: clean, cleanly; pure; immaculate; spotless, stainless, taintless; trig; without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected; sweet, sweet as a nut. |
Love | Lovable, adorable; lovely, sweet; attractive, seductive, winning; charming, engaging, interesting, enchanting, captivating, fascinating, bewitching; amiable, like an angel. |
Pain | Refreshing; comfortable; cordial; genial; glad, gladsome; sweet, delectable, nice, dainty; delicate, delicious; dulcet; luscious; palatable; luxurious, voluptuous; sensual. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sweet |
| English words defined with "sweet": sweet almond oil, Sweet apple, Sweet cane, sweet cherry, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, sweet fern, sweet gale, sweet grass, sweet gum, Sweet John, sweet melon, sweet nothings, sweet orange, sweet pepper, sweet potato, sweet potato vine, sweet roll, sweet tooth, sweet vermouth, sweet willow ♦ wild sweet potato vine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sweet": Home, Sweet Home ♦ Stolen Things are Sweet, sweet anise, SWEET HEART, Sweet Oil, Sweet Singer of Israel, Sweet Singers, Sweet Taste, Sweet Voices. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sweet": thyme. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sweet" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Pidgin English (glad). |
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Screenplays | I think it's sweet. And I think he and your mother have not had sex in a long time (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) I wouldn't be in your shoes if the Sweet Lord Jesus come down and asked me himself (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry) Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of devils wing you to your rest (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) A town of people living in the sweet hereafter (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) Revenge. Sweet lasting revenge (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) | |
Lyrics | In my sweet dreams (Sweet Dreams; performing artist: Air Supply) One sweet day ("One Sweet Day"; performing artist: Boyz II Men/Mariah Carey) Yeah, nine years old and sweet as she can be (Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller; performing artist: Chuck Berry) Sweet dreams are made of this (Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This); performing artist: Eurythmics) Whou ohh, Sweet thang (Sweet Thing; performing artist: Mary J. Blige) | |
Clever | Sweet sorrow (references; author: unknown) That which was hard to endure is sweet to remember. (references; author: unknown) Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. (references; author: unknown) Some people are bitter, some sour; others are sweet. Who you hang out with depends on your taste. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut (1974) Julie and Jackie: How Sweet It Is (1974) Home Sweet Home (1973) Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. (1972) Home Sweet Home (1972) | |
Song Titles | Sweet Caroline (performing artist: Neil Diamond) My Sweet Lord (performing artist: George Harrison) Sweet Child O' Mine (performing artist: Guns N' Roses) Sweet Dreams (performing artist: La Bouche) SWEET HOME ALABAMA (performing artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd ) | |
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 | (6) color slides show different types of cooked chicken. (2) bowl of chicken and rice, (1) cooked piece of baked chicken, (1) chicken cutlet sandwich, (1) fried chicken drumstick, (1) sweet and sour chicken. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |  | Home sweet bunk for a year at the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Sweet gale - Myrica gale along Mashpee Trail at South Cape Beach. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Gordon Bowdler (left), NRCS Soil Conservation Technician, and farmer inspect corn crop. Sweet Corn is one the many truck crops grown on this farm. [Slide 97CS3122]. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | African American farmer Ben Burkette check sweet corn crop in Perry County, MS. Burkette is Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives. Credit: USDA. |  | Mr. Wardell Sanders, president of the Sweet Potato Growers Ass'n, at an Alcorn State University deomostration plot near Mound Bayou, MS. Credit: USDA. |
 | Amber Sweet hybrid oranges. Credit: USDA. |  | Sweet, juicy grapes, picked a the peak of ripeness, are one of nature's best-tasting treats. In vineyards, greenhouses, and laboratories, ARS scientists seek to bring even better grapes to your shopping cart tomorrow. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Medium shot of Sweet Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). Credit: John Craig. |  | Sage and Desert Sweet Wildflowers in the Fourt Craters Lava Bed Wilderness Study Area. OR 1-22. Credit: Unknown. |
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| "Sweet Havana" by Tijs Gerritsen Commentary: "Three little children enjoying their icecreams sitting on a porch in Havana, Cuba." | "Sweet Nectar" by Kris Kelley Commentary: "A yellow butterfly enjoying the only open pink flower." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aulus Vitellius | The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet. |
Dante Alighieri | The experience of this sweet life. |
Jean Jacques Rousseau | Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. |
John Milton | A short retirement urges a sweet return. |
| Such sweet complusion doth in music lie. | |
Marcus T. Cicero | Sweet is the memory of past troubles. |
Plutarch | Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. |
Richard Barnfield | Is music and sweet poetry agree. |
Seneca | What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember. |
William Shakespeare | Parting is such sweet sorrow. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It was a sweet finish after the bitter pills of floggings and bullets with which these same governments, just at that time, dosed the German working-class risings. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring." (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1948) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | I hope we shall have many sweet little concerts together |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | The silence that followed was broken by the sweet voice of Sylvie |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The lower she sank, the more all became gloomy around her, the more the sweet little angel shone out in the bottom of her heart |
Cymon and Iphigenia | John Dryden | Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The old and weary voice fell like sweet rain upon his quaking parching heart |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | If without peril it be possible, Sweet Blunt, make some good means to speak with him And give him from me this most needful note |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Black cherries and red cherries, full and sweet, and the birds eat half of each cherry and the yellowjackets buzz into the holes the birds made |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I found the island to be all rocky, only a little intermingled with tufts of grass and sweet smelling herbs |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I got twelve bushels of beans, and eighteen bushels of potatoes, beside some peas and sweet corn |
As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in the stones, and good in every thing |
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Health | Avoid sweet, fried, or fatty foods. (references) | |
This glucose drink is extremely sweet and occasionally makes some people feel nauseated. (references) | ||
To help with the occasional sweet tooth that we all have, artificial sweeteners may be used in foods. (references) | ||
Business | However, it is essential to keep materials short and sweet, since most Saudis do not have the time or inclination to read lengthy promotional materials. (references) | |
Because casual fashion is very popular among parents, children's fashion has become more casual than ever. Also, very sweet, cute and charming designs with light pastel colors, which seem to adults very "childlike", are also popular. (references) | ||
The growth of the theme restaurant sector is a recent trend that continues to gain popularity, with restaurants like El Rancho (Tex/Mex), Buffalo Grill (American fare), Tarte Julie (specialty sweet and savory pies), and Flam's (regional cuisine from Alsace). (references) | ||
Economic History | Dominican Rep | The local production is mainly a sweet wine, which targets a lower income sector. (references) |
Micronesia | The principal crops are coconuts, bananas, betel nuts, cassava, and sweet potatoes. (references) | |
Chad | Other food crops include millet, sorghum, peanuts, rice, sweet potatoes, manioc, cassava, and yams. (references) | |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | Import duties for items such as anchovies, sweet corn, peaches, and mixtures of dried nuts and fruits were reduced from between 5 and 30 percent to between 2 and 15 percent. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails, They all were good, for all were males. But when the Devil came and saw He said: "By Thine eternal law Of growth, maturity, decay, These all must quickly pass away And leave untenanted the earth Unless Thou dost establish birth" -- Then tucked his head beneath his wing To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing With deviltry did so accord, That he'd suggested to the Lord. The Master pondered this advice, Then shook and threw the fateful dice Wherewith all matters here below Are ordered, and observed the throw; Then bent His head in awful state, Confirming the decree of Fate. From every part of earth anew The conscious dust consenting flew, While rivers from their courses rolled To make it plastic for the mould. Enough collected (but no more, For niggard Nature hoards her store) He kneaded it to flexible clay, While Nick unseen threw some away. And then the various forms He cast, Gross organs first and finer last; No one at once evolved, but all By even touches grew and small Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade, To match all living things He'd made Females, complete in all their parts Except (His clay gave out) the hearts. "No matter," Satan cried; "with speed I'll fetch the very hearts they need" -- So flew away and soon brought back The number needed, in a sack. That night earth range with sounds of strife -- Ten million males each had a wife; That night sweet Peace her pinions spread O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead! G.J. |
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Andrew Weil | You eat lots of fruits and vegetables, you include some of the good carbohydrates, which are things like beans and some sweet potatoes or winter squashes in moderation, even some whole grains like wild rice or barley in whole grain form. |
Andy Rooney | Let me begin tonight by saying, as nice and sweet as I know how, that I thought last Tuesday's debate between Al Gore and George Bush stank. It was about as exciting as synchronized swimming at the Olympics. |
David Letterman | Well, that's very sweet of her to say. I think it's probably a load of crap, but it's very sweet for her to have said that. We would love to have Hillary on the show. We would love to have her husband Tubby on the show. |
Dennis Miller | America's ripe with slobs who won't drink any wine unless it's so sweet, every time they take a sip they look up to see if the Kool-aid man is crashing through the wall. |
Rush Limbaugh | We conservatives want to solve the problem, but the Democrats want to keep it as a sweet issue they can use to scare grandma into the voting booth. |
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Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | The sweet offices of charity have greatly increased. |
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| "Sweet" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.85% of the time. "Sweet" is used about 3,484 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 90.85% | 3,166 | 2,979 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.6% | 300 | 16,755 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.52% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,484 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "sweet" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sweet | Last name | 13,000 | 932 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "sweet". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Aharah | N/A | Biblical | A meadow of a sweet savor |
| Betharabah | N/A | Biblical | House of sweet smell |
| Euodias | N/A | Biblical | Sweet scent |
| Jarvah | N/A | Biblical | A sweet smell |
| Jerah | N/A | Biblical | Smelling sweet |
| Jericho | N/A | Biblical | His sweet smell |
| Kitron | N/A | Biblical | Making sweet |
| Mibsam | N/A | Biblical | Smelling sweet |
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1. Sweet, ID |
Expressions using "sweet": american sweet chestnut ♦ american sweet gum ♦ as sweet as honey ♦ at one's own sweet will ♦ at your own sweet will ♦ Azorean or Sweet ♦ be sweet ♦ be sweet on ♦ be sweet on smb. ♦ become sweet ♦ Black Mexican Sweet ♦ boiled sweet ♦ eat sweet things ♦ eating sweet things ♦ good night and sweet repose! ♦ have a sweet smell ♦ have a sweet tooth ♦ Henry Sweet ♦ home sweet home ♦ light and sweet ♦ meadow sweet ♦ medium sweet ♦ nice and sweet ♦ panned sweet ♦ short and sweet ♦ sickly sweet ♦ smell sweet ♦ something sweet ♦ stomach sweet ♦ summer sweet ♦ sweet acacia ♦ sweet alison ♦ sweet almond ♦ sweet almond oil ♦ sweet alyssum ♦ sweet and twenty ♦ sweet anise ♦ sweet apple ♦ sweet as a nut ♦ sweet as honey ♦ sweet balm ♦ sweet basil ♦ sweet bay ♦ sweet bells ♦ sweet Billy ♦ sweet birch ♦ sweet bread ♦ sweet brier ♦ sweet buckeye ♦ sweet calabash ♦ sweet calamus ♦ sweet cane ♦ sweet cassava ♦ sweet cherry ♦ sweet chesnut ♦ sweet chestnut ♦ sweet cicely ♦ sweet cider ♦ sweet Cistus ♦ sweet clover ♦ sweet coltsfoot ♦ sweet corn ♦ sweet corn cake ♦ sweet corn plant ♦ sweet cup ♦ sweet cyder ♦ sweet dish ♦ sweet dreams ♦ sweet dreams to you! ♦ sweet dreams! ♦ sweet elder ♦ Sweet Elm ♦ sweet face ♦ sweet false chamomile ♦ sweet fanny ♦ sweet fennel ♦ sweet fern ♦ sweet flag ♦ sweet forgetfulness ♦ sweet four o'clock ♦ sweet gale ♦ sweet goldenrod ♦ sweet granadilla ♦ sweet grass ♦ Sweet Grass County ♦ sweet gum ♦ sweet gum tree ♦ sweet heart ♦ sweet herbs ♦ Sweet Home ♦ sweet itch ♦ sweet John ♦ sweet leaf ♦ sweet lemon ♦ sweet lime ♦ sweet marjoram ♦ sweet marten ♦ sweet maudlin ♦ sweet melon ♦ sweet melon vine ♦ sweet nothings. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sweet": sweet-an, sweet-and-sour, sweet-birch oil, Sweet-breasted, sweet-briar, sweet-brier, sweet-charactered, sweet-cheeked, sweet-corn, sweet-eater, sweet-eating, sweet-faced, sweet-grass, sweet-guzzling, sweet-heart, sweet-hearted, sweet-life, sweet-meat, sweet-meats, sweet-natured, sweet-'n'-sour, sweet-papers, sweet-pea, sweet-peas, sweet-potato ring rot, sweet-potato whitefly, sweet-ration, sweet-scented, sweet-scented geranium, Sweet-scented shrub, sweet-seller, sweet-sellers, sweet-sharp, sweet-shop, sweet-smelling, Sweet-sop, sweet-sounding, sweet-sour, sweet-spic, sweet-spot, sweet-stuff, sweet-sweat, sweet-swinging, sweet-talk, sweet-talked, sweet-talkin', sweet-talking, sweet-talks, sweet-tasting, sweet-tempered, sweet-thighed, sweet-tongued, sweet-tooth, sweet-toothed, sweet-toothed person, sweet-voiced, sweet-water, sweet-wrappers, sweet-zephyr. | |
Ending with "sweet": saccharine-sweet, saccharin-sweet. | |
Containing "sweet": newsagent-cum-sweet-shop, over-sweet-anemone. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sweet 16 | 11,038 | dominique sweet | 283 |
sweet | 3,021 | sweet tooth game | 245 |
sweet home alabama | 1,896 | poem sweet | 237 |
sweet dream | 1,676 | sweet ass | 227 |
sophie sweet | 1,021 | sweet catalog | 199 |
aimee sweet | 953 | sweet william | 194 |
shay sweet | 888 | sweet lady | 193 |
sweet sixteen | 509 | sweet november | 184 |
sweet tooth | 441 | sweet valley high | 161 |
sweet girl | 416 | recipe for sweet potato | 161 |
sweet pea | 411 | sweet angel | 161 |
sweet tomato | 393 | matthew sweet | 159 |
devon sweet | 369 | sweet home alabama tab | 148 |
sweet teen | 356 | sweet tomato restaurant | 144 |
alabama home lyrics sweet | 350 | sweet potato pie | 142 |
car sweet | 326 | sweet home oregon | 139 |
sweet quote | 320 | home sweet home | 136 |
sweet potato | 303 | sweet babe | 132 |
sweet pussy | 298 | sweet home alabama movie | 128 |
sweet angel calendar | 294 | sweet potato queen | 122 |
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| Language | Translations for "sweet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | soet (gentle, soft, tender), lieflik (charming, gentle, lovely, soft, tender), lekkers (delicacy, tidbit). (various references) | |
Albanian | sheqerkë (candy, caramel, Goody, sugarplum, sweetie, sweetmeat, sweety, taffy, toffee, toffy), i këndshëm (agreeable, beauteous, beautiful, delectable, delicious, dreamy, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, savoury, smooth, soft, sympathetic), i freskët (breezy, chilly, cool, crisp, dewy, fresh, hot, new, new-laid, recent, unhackneyed, up to date), i ëmbël (dreamy, dulcet, fresh, gentle, harmonious, kindly, luscious, mellifluent, mellifluous, melodic, melodious, soft, sugary, tender), ëmbël (gentle, smooth, soft, sweetly, tender). (various references) | |
Arabic | فاتن (alluring, attractive, breathtaking, captivating, catching, charming, cute, darling, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, exquisite, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, likely, lovely, magic, magical, mesmeric, personable, philanderer, picturesque, pretty, ravishing, seducer, spellbinding, stunning, superb, tempter, thrilling, winning, winsome, zestful), نقي (fresh, lucid, neat, perspicuous, pure, refined, spruce), لطيف (affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, charming, civil, civilized, complaisance, complaisant, courteous, courtly, decent, delicate, fair, fair-spoken, fine, friendly, genial, gentle, good natured, gracious, handsome, kind, kindly, light, mild, nice, pet, pleasant, polite, poppet, pretty, refreshing, smooth, soft, suave, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane), لذيذ (dainty, delectable, delicious, delightful, flavorful, flavourful, good, nice, palatable, pleasant, sapid, savory, sympathetic, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, unique, yummy), حلوى (candy, confection, confetti, dessert, fudge, goody, sweetmeat, taffy), حلو (honey, lovely, nice, sensational, silky, sugary), حلاوة (sweetness), عذب (agonize, agreeable, bedevil, benign, charming, chasten, crucify, devil, dulcet, freshen, grilled, harrow, harry, hearty, leisurely, liquid, murder, palmy, persecute, pillory, plague, quiet, rack, rack one's brains, scourge, silken, silky, sleek, smite, smooth, smooth spoken, soft, suave, sympathetic, tantalize, tease, tender, torment, torture, wrench, wring), جميل (beaut, beauteous, beautiful, comeliness, comely, courtesy, dainty, fair, favor, favour, fine, good looking, grace, graceful, gratitude, handsome, kind act, lovely, magnificent, nice, pretty, shapely, sightly), جذاب (allurement, alluring, appealing, attractive, becoming, captivating, catching, catchy, charming, cute, desirable, ducky, engaging, enticing, fascinating, fetching, fine, inviting, magnetic, magnetizing, nice, picturesquely, pleasant, prepossessing, pretty, seductive, taking, tasty), الحبيبة (sweet heart, sweetie, sweety), الحبيب (darling, dear, honey, lover, sweet heart, sweetie, sweety), بلطف (fair, genially, gently, obligingly, pleasantly, softly, sweetly), بصوت عذب (soft spoken), بارع (able, accomplished, adroit, artful, bright, brilliant, capable, clever, crafty, cunning, dexterous, dextrous, educated, fancy, fiend, foxy, handsome, handy, ingenious, intelligent, masterful, masterly, neat, nice, pretty, skilful, skilled, skillful, smart, subtle, superior, very beautiful, witty, workmanlike, workmanly). (various references) | |
Basque | bonboi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мил (agreeable, amiable, benign, comfortable, cute, darling, dear, engaging, genial, good, kind, likable, likeable, lovable, mil, nice), приветлив (affable, amiable, jovial, merry), приятен (acceptable, agreeable, cheerful, clever, companionable, cozy, darling, easy, engaging, enjoyable, good, gracious, grateful, groovy, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, likely, luscious, merry, musical, nice, nice-looking, not unwelcome, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, refreshing, rose colored, rose coloured, sapid, satisfying, savoury, soft, sympathetic, toothsome, welcome), прелестен (adorable, beauteous, beautiful, charming, delightsome, dreamy, exquisite, fetching, lovely), пресен (caller, fresh, good, new, new-laid, spick and span, taintless, warm, young), благ (avuncular, benign, benignant, charitable, dovelike, gentle, good tempered, gracious, kindly, mild, suave), бонбон (bonbon, candy, comfit, confection, peach, plum, sweetmeat, sweety), бонбонче (drop, kiss, lozenge, sweetie), любим (beloved, darling, dear, favorite, favourite, inamorato, love, lover, mash, paramour, pet, precious, sweetheart, sweetie, true love, well-beloved), десерт (dessert), звучен (deep-mouthed, full, liquid, melodious, orotund, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, smacking, soft, sonant, soniferous, sonorous, sounding, tuneful, vibrant, vocal, voiced, voiceful), свеж (breezy, brisk, cool, crisp, dewy, fair, fresh, refreshing, unhackneyed, unworn, verdant, vernal, warm, youthful), мила (honey, motherly), мелодичен (canorous, dulcet, euphonious, harmonious, mellifluent, mellifluous, melodic, melodious, musical, orphean, songful, sonorous, tunable, tuneful, tuny), нежен (affectionate, dainty, delicate, dovelike, downy, fatherly, fond, fragile, frail, loving, maidenly, melodious, melting, slender, soft, tender, womanly), очарователен (adorable, alluring, bewitching, captivating, charming, darling, delightful, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, glamourous, lovely, orphic, raving, ravishing, stunning, winning, winsome), вкусен (dainty, goluptious, nutty, palatable, sapid, savoury, succulent, tasty, yummy), възлюбена (mistress, sugar baby, sweetheart, true love), чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, crisp, crystal, downright, fair, fine, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, sanitary, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, solid, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), сладкиш, сладък (cute, dulcet, euphonious, fresh, honey, mellow, yummy), любима (girl friend, inamorata, ladylove, lass, lassie, love, lover, mistress, sweetheart, sweetie, true love). (various references) | |
Catalan | dolç (gentle, soft, tender). (various references) | |
Chamorro | pimentos (sweet pepper). (various references) | |
Chinese | 甜 (bowl, cup). (various references) | |
Czech | sladkost (sweetness), sladký (fresh, sugary). (various references) | |
Danish | sød (beloved, dear, expensive, gentle, lovely, soft, tender, valuable). (various references) | |
Dutch | zoet (affable, candy, friendly, gentle, good-natured, kind, soft, tender), zacht (gentle, mild, soft, tender), oppassend. (various references) | |
Esperanto | frandaĵo (delicacy, tidbit), dolĉa (gentle, soft, tender), bonkonduta. (various references) | |
Faeroese | søtur (gentle, soft, tender), mildur (gentle, mild, serene, soft, tender, untroubled). (various references) | |
Farsi | مطبوع (Dainty, Douce, Exquisite, Fun, Graceful, Handsome, Lief, Proper, Scrumptious, Toothsome), نوشین , خوش (Blissful, Blithe, Buxom, Gay, Good, Happy, Jocund, Merry), شیرین (Amiable, Luscious, Soft, Sugary). (various references) | |
Finnish | makea (gentle, soft, tender), karamelli (bonbon, candy, humbug, lozenge). (various references) | |
French | doux, sucré (sweetened), suave, bonbon. (various references) | |
Frisian | swiet (agreeable, enjoyable, gentle, lovely, nice, pleasant, soft, tender), mjitsk (gentle, soft, tender). (various references) | |
German | süß (cute, gentle, soft, sugary, sweetly, tender), herzig (delightful, hearted, jovial), bonbon (bonbon, bon-bon, candy, Goody, lozenger, sweetie, sweetmeat). (various references) | |
Greek | γλυκός (balmy). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | ëmbël (gentle, soft, tender). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ממתק (candy, sweetmeat), מתיקה (candy, relish, sweetmeat), מתוק (lovely, mellow, pleasant, sweetening), לפתן (compote, dessert, fruit salad, pudding, relish), חמוד (cute, dainty, delightful, lovable, lovely, pretty), צוף (honeydew, mead, nectar), סוכריה (cachou, candy, sweetmeat, toffee), נעים (agreeable, likable, lovely, pleasant, sightly, soft). (various references) | |
Hungarian | édes (ducky, dulcet, gentle, luscious, soft, suave, tender, to taste sweet). (various references) | |
Indonesian | manis (adorable, cute, dulcet, engageing, kind). (various references) | |
Irish | milis (gentle, soft). (various references) | |
Italian | dolce (bland, cake, dessert, fresh, gentle, Goody, honeyed, luscious, mild, pudding, smooth, soft, sweetness, tender, trifle, tuck), abboccato (sweetish). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 芳しい (aromatic, fragrant, savory). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かれん (cute, lovely, oppression, pitiful, poor), かわいらしい (lovely), かんび (completion, end of a book, perfection, warship's stern), かんばしい (aromatic, fragrant, savory), いじらしい (innocent, lovable, pathetic, pitiful), こうばしい (aromatic, fragrant, savory), あまい (easy-going, fond of, generous, indulgent, naive, overly optimistic, soft on), スイート (suite), けっこう (architecture, cancellation of lecture or class, carrying out, circulation, construction, delicious, doing, nice, splendid, suspension of service, tolerably, well enough, wonderful). (various references) | |
Korean | 감미로운 (mellow). (various references) | |
Lombard | dols (gentle, soft, tender). (various references) |
