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Sweetness Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Sweetness has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

"The moment the candy hit my tongue, a sudden burst of sweetness flooded my senses as the hard shell dissolved into liquid syrup."

2

the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

"After adding a splash of honey, the bitterness of the tea finally gave way to its desired sweetness."

3

a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

"The gardener gently cupped her nose to catch the sweetness of the blooming jasmine drifting from the fence."

4

the quality of giving pleasure

"he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"

"the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"

5

The condition of being sweet or sugary.

"The sudden sweetness of the fruit juice made it hard to finish the bitter coffee I had just poured."

Related Terms
Antonyms
unpleasantness
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
taste taste property olfactory property quality
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
saccharinity sugariness pleasingness agreeableness enjoyableness niceness
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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