Sweetness

//ˈswiːtnəs// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being sweet (all senses). countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    the quality of giving pleasure wordnet
  3. 3
    A pleasant disposition; kindness. countable, uncountable

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

  4. 4
    a pleasingly sweet olfactory property wordnet
  5. 5
    The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness. countable, uncountable

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

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  1. 6
    the property of tasting as if it contains sugar wordnet
  2. 7
    A term of address for one's sweetheart. countable, informal, uncountable

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

  3. 8
    the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth wordnet

Synonyms

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sugarinessallurementamenityamiabilityappealbalance

Example

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"Those who haven't lived in the eighteenth century before the Revolution do not know the sweetness of life."

Etymology

From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English swētnes (“sweetness”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtinassī (“sweetness”), equivalent to sweet + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian swietens (“sweetness”), obsolete Dutch zoetenis (“sweetness”), Old High German swuoznessi, suoznessi (“sweetness”).

Related phrases

sweetness and light

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