sweeten
English
/ˈswiːtən/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To make sweet to the taste.
- (transitive) To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
- (transitive) To make mild or kind; to soften.
- (transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
- (transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
- (transitive) To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter.
- (transitive) To make warm and fertile.
- (transitive) To restore to purity; to free from taint.
- (transitive) To make more attractive;
- (intransitive) To become sweet.
Etymology
Suffix from English sweet (adorable).
Origin
English
sweet
Gloss
adorable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisweet English
- besweeten English
- birdsweet English
- bittersweet English
- honey-sweet English
- meadsweet English
- nonsweet English
- outsweeten English
- oversweet English
- oversweeten English
- oversweetened English
- presweeten English
- presweetened English
- semisweet English
- semisweetness English
- sooterkin English
- summersweet English
- supersweet English
- sweet English
- sweet fifteen English
- sweet thirteen English
- sweet whiskey English
- sweetbox English
- sweetbread English
- sweetbrier English
- sweetcakes English
- sweetcheeks English
- sweetcure English
- sweetened English
- sweetener English
- sweetenest English
- sweeteneth English
- sweetfaced English
- sweetgrass English
- sweetgum English
- sweetheart English
- sweetie English
- sweeting English
- sweetish English
- sweetkin English
- sweetleaf English
- sweetling English
- sweetlips English
- sweetly English
- sweetmaker English
- sweetmeat English
- sweetness English
- sweetpea English
- sweetroot English
- sweetshop English
- sweetshrub English
- sweetsome English
- sweetsop English
- sweetstuff English
- sweetvetch English
- sweetwater English
- sweetweed English
- sweetwood English
- sweetwort English
- sweety English
- unsweet English
- unsweeten English
- unsweetened English
- wintersweet English
- słitaśny Polish
- swētan Old English
- sweete Middle English
- sweten Middle English
- Sweet Cebuano
- 瑞士雞翼 Chinese
- uswidi Zulu
- swit Tok Pisin
- switmoli Tok Pisin
- liswidi Swati
- switi Sranan Tongo
- swit Nigerian Pidgin
- sweet
- sweety
- sweetly
- sweetie
- unsweet
- sweetbox
- sweetish
- sweetpea
- sweetkin
- sweetsop
- nonsweet
- sweeting
- sweetgum
- sweetshop
- sweetmeat
- sweetened
- meadsweet
- sweetleaf
- sweetcure
- sweetwort
- birdsweet
- unsweeten
- sweetsome
- sweetling
- sweetlips
- besweeten
- sweetness
- sooterkin
- antisweet
- sweetweed
- oversweet
- sweetener
- sweetroot
- sweetwood
- semisweet
- supersweet
- outsweeten
- sweetbread
- sweetshrub
- sweetmaker
- sweetcakes
- sweetstuff
- sweetwater
- sweetenest
- sweetbrier
- sweeteneth
- sweetfaced
- presweeten
- sweetvetch
- sweetgrass
- sweetheart
- wintersweet
- bittersweet
- unsweetened
- honey-sweet
- sweetcheeks
- summersweet
- oversweeten
- presweetened
- oversweetened
- semisweetness
- sweet whiskey
- sweet fifteen
- sweet thirteen