sweetness
pronunciation
How to pronounce sweetness in British English:
UK [ˈswiːtnəs]
How to pronounce sweetness in American English:
US [ˈswiːtnəs]
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- Noun:
- the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
- the property of containing sugar
- a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
- the quality of giving pleasure
Word Origin
- sweetness (n.)
- Old English swetnes; see sweet (adj.) + -ness.
Example
- 1. I am a slave to its sweetness .
- 2. Poets and sweetness go together , or so the greeks thought .
- 3. Roasting will intensify their sweetness , while simmering will yield a delicious broth .
- 4. But I heard a song of exceeding sweetness .
- 5. Call it spirit , call it sweetness - whatever you want to call it , we 've all got it .