Definition of Sweetness

1. Noun. The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth.


2. Noun. The property of tasting as if it contains sugar.
Exact synonyms: Sweet
Generic synonyms: Taste Property
Specialized synonyms: Saccharinity, Sugariness
Derivative terms: Sweet, Sweet, Sweet

3. Noun. A pleasingly sweet olfactory property.
Exact synonyms: Bouquet, Fragrance, Fragrancy, Redolence
Generic synonyms: Aroma, Odor, Odour, Olfactory Property, Scent, Smell
Derivative terms: Fragrant, Redolent, Sweet

4. Noun. The quality of giving pleasure. "The pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"
Exact synonyms: Pleasantness
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Agreeableness, Amenity, Enjoyableness, Niceness, Disagreeableness
Attributes: Pleasant, Unpleasant
Derivative terms: Pleasant, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet
Antonyms: Unpleasantness

Definition of Sweetness

1. n. The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.

Definition of Sweetness

1. Noun. The condition of being sweet or sugary. ¹

2. Noun. A pleasant disposition; kindness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sweetness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweetness

sweetishly
sweetite
sweetkin
sweetleaf
sweetleaf family
sweetleafs
sweetling
sweetlings
sweetlips
sweetly
sweetmaker
sweetmakers
sweetmeal
sweetmeat
sweetmeats
sweetness (current term)
sweetness and light
sweetnesses
sweetpea
sweetpeas
sweetroot
sweetroots
sweets
sweetshop
sweetshops
sweetshrub
sweetshrubs
sweetsmelling
sweetsop
sweetsop tree

Literary usage of Sweetness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"sweetness and light, says Mr. Arnold, are the peculiar characteristics of ... sweetness and light, answers one of his clerical censors, are excellent things ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"sweetness RELAXING IN the other senses we have remarked, that smooth things are relaxing. Now it ought to appear that sweet things, which are the smooth of ..."

3. The British Essayists by James Ferguson (1823)
"On sweetness and Delicacy of Style. As there is in some flowers an exquisite scent, and in some fruits a delicious flavour, to express which no language has ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"Thus a naturally fine voice, of great sweetness, if not of remarkable power, ... She captivated every ear,' savs Dr. Burney, ' by the sweetness and ..."

5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"MELLI'FLUENCE. nj A honied How ; a Mow art or practice of making honey; production of sweetness. ... sweetness of sound ; ME'I.ODY. ni [,,. ..."

6. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"I must likewise mention the delight I feel from the ex- sweetness quisite sweetness of his diction, which is pure, simple, ..."

7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"Follow our flesh no more; and that forced opinion, Here is the sweetness of ... Here is the sweetness of Dekker : — No, my dear lady, I could weary stars, ..."

8. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"sweetness and light, says Mr. Arnold, are the peculiar characteristics of ... sweetness and light, answers one of his clerical censors, are excellent things ..."

9. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"sweetness RELAXING IN the other senses we have remarked, that smooth things are relaxing. Now it ought to appear that sweet things, which are the smooth of ..."

10. The British Essayists by James Ferguson (1823)
"On sweetness and Delicacy of Style. As there is in some flowers an exquisite scent, and in some fruits a delicious flavour, to express which no language has ..."

11. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"Thus a naturally fine voice, of great sweetness, if not of remarkable power, ... She captivated every ear,' savs Dr. Burney, ' by the sweetness and ..."

12. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"MELLI'FLUENCE. nj A honied How ; a Mow art or practice of making honey; production of sweetness. ... sweetness of sound ; ME'I.ODY. ni [,,. ..."

13. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"I must likewise mention the delight I feel from the ex- sweetness quisite sweetness of his diction, which is pure, simple, ..."

14. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"Follow our flesh no more; and that forced opinion, Here is the sweetness of ... Here is the sweetness of Dekker : — No, my dear lady, I could weary stars, ..."

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