Sweetness

/ˈswiːtnəs/ · noun

Meaning

The condition of being sweet (all senses)..

Definitions by Sense

1. The condition of being sweet (all senses).
2. A pleasant disposition; kindness.
3. The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.
4. (informal) A term of address for one's sweetheart.

Example Sentences

At the same time, that pain is soothed by the brain’s perception of sweetness on a totally different area of your taste buds.

Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.

The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] / Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.

Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.

Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.

"Hey sweetness," he said. "How was practice?"

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Antonyms for sweetness

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Word Forms

• sweetnesses
• sweetnesse

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