sweetness

CEFRB1

/ˈswiːtnəs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of tasting like sugar or being kind.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A pleasant disposition; kindness.

Examples

  • Death has but sweetness for a Christian soul.

  • The sweetness of Interlingua was more suited to my poetic vision.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈswitnəs/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.

  2. The condition of being sweet (all senses).

  3. A term of address for one's sweetheart.

More examples

In context

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

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

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

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Origin

noun

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”).