sweeten
pronunciation
How to pronounce sweeten in British English:
UK [ˈswi:tn]
How to pronounce sweeten in American English:
US [ˈswitn]
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- Verb:
- make sweeter in taste
- make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
Word Origin
- sweeten (v.)
- 1550s (intransitive), from sweet (adj.) + verbal ending -en (1). Transitive sense ("become sweet") is from 1620s. The Middle English form of the verb was simply sweet, from Old English swetan. Related: Sweetened; sweetening.
Example
- 1. Love causes sour dreams to sweeten .
- 2. The idea now is to use the abolition of the tax shield to sweeten the end of the wealth tax .
- 3. So can humans also cause the land that you travel unto to sweeten through intention .
- 4. Children sweeten labors ; but they make misfortunes more bitter .
- 5. A tempting cabinet post in delhi would sweeten the deal .