sweet

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective (sweeter, sweetest) food / drink 1 containing, or tasting as if it contains, a lot of sugar: a cup of hot sweet tea * Too much sweet food is bad for your teeth. * I had a craving for something sweet. * sweet sherry * This wine is too sweet for me. compareBITTER, SALTY OPPSOUR smell 2 having a pleasant smell: a sweet-smelling rose * The air was sweet with incense. sound 3 having a pleasant sound: a sweet voice pure 4 pleasant and not containing any harmful substances: the sweet air of a mountain village satisfying 5 making you feel happy and/or satisfied: Good night. Sweet dreams. * I can't tell you how sweet this victory is. * He played a sweet shot onto the final green (= in golf). * an act of sweet revenge attractive 6 (especially BrE) (especially of children or small things) attractive SYNCUTE: His sister's a sweet young thing. * You look sweet in this photograph. * We stayed in a sweet little hotel on the seafront. kind 7 having or showing a kind character: a sweet old lady * She gave him her sweetest smile. * He's one of the sweetest people I know. * It was sweet of them to offer to help. * He's not what you'd call sweet-tempered! good 8 (Sweet!) (AmE, informal) used to show that you approve of sth: Free tickets? Sweet! seealsoBITTER-SWEET IDIOMS be sweet on sb (old-fashioned, informal) to like sb very much in a romantic way have a sweet tooth (informal) to like food that contains a lot of sugar in your own sweet time / way how and when you want to, even though this might annoy other people: He always does the work, but in his own sweet time. keep sb sweet (informal) to say or do pleasant things in order to keep sb in a good mood so that they will agree to do sth for you: You'd better keep her sweet if you want her to lend you the money. sweet FA