Sweeten

Quick meaning: Sweeten is a verb meaning (transitive) To make sweet to the taste.

Meaning

(transitive) To make sweet to the taste.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
2. (transitive) To make mild or kind; to soften.
3. (transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
4. (transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
5. (transitive) To make pure and healthful by destroying noxious matter.
6. (transitive) To make warm and fertile.
7. (agriculture, transitive) To raise the pH of (a soil) by adding alkali.

Example Sentences

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to sweeten tea

to sweeten life

to sweeten friendship

Word Forms

• sweetens
• sweetening
• sweetened

Synonyms for sweeten

Depending on context, synonyms include dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate.

Antonyms for sweeten

Common opposites include sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sugar, smooth, soften.

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