sweet
- adjective
- /swiːt/
- The sweet aroma of freshly baked bread made everyone feel hungry and eager to eat.
- a sweet smell
This one was like, oh, like a sweet, sweet floral scent.
- This one was like, oh, like a sweet, sweet floral scent.
- Do you want to smell as sweet as a Daisy?
- I'm quite fussy with sweet autumn scents.
- It smells like butterball, really sweet and vanilla and fresh.
- It has a bit of a kind of sweet soapy smell to it.
- But I'm always looking for a new floral, sweet, fruity fragrance for spring.
- It's dry touch, sweet strange smell.
- What I will say is that I love a sweet smell.
- So for example, we might say vanilla smells sweet.
Examples
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The sweet scent of blooming jasmine filled the room and created a relaxing atmosphere.
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The room smelled sweet, and it looked like the inside of a cloud-filled heaven.
Fiction book (1990) -
What I will say is that I love a sweet smell.
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The sweet smell of freedom.
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At night, the air is rich and sweet.
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Yeah, there's nothing like the sweet smell of success.
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My house smells of sweet cinnamon pumpkin.
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A light breeze blows over the fields, bearing the damp, sweet fragrance of the trees.
Fiction book (1990) -
Roses are as well known for their briars as they are for their beautiful colors and sweet-smelling scents.
Academic text (2017) -
A pleasant, darkly sweet odor was carried to her nostrils by a cool breeze.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
Having a pleasant smell like flowers or soap
A thing like soap or a candle that has a pleasant smell because perfume was added
Having a strong, pleasant smell like spices or flowers
Smelling or looking like flowers
Has a pleasant smell from perfume or flowers
Having a pleasant scent
A thing that smells of sweet vanilla, like a candle or ice cream
Having a pleasant sweet smell
A little sweet in taste or smell
A thing that smells like cinnamon
Having a pleasant smell like flowers or spices
Having a nice scent
Having the sweet smell of honey
Having the fresh smell of mint
Has the warm smell of spices like cinnamon or cloves
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Quick and pleasant without extra detail, often about a talk or message
To do small kind things that make a team feel happy and work well together
Compounds
A type of corn with sweet, tender kernels that people eat as a vegetable when young
- Offensive
An attractive young woman often talked about in a kind way or as less grown-up
Dark, sweet wine made stronger with alcohol and flavored with herbs for cocktails
A gentle type of jazz with a steady beat, medium speed, little improvisation, and a warm clear melody
A North American tree with spiky round seed balls and sweet-smelling sap and red leaves in autumn
- UK
A tall garden plant with strong sweet-smelling purple or white flowers that smell at night
A garden flower with dense clusters of small flat-topped flowers and a pleasant smell
- US
A small tree or bush from the southeastern United States with fragrant white flowers
A large tree from eastern North America that makes sweet edible nuts and useful wood
A North American tree with star-shaped leaves, spiky round fruit, and sticky fragrant sap
- Australian
A cassava with roots that need less cooking and leaves used to feed animals
A European plant with a vanilla smell and white to pink flowers that grows in wet places
An American plant with a sweet smell, broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers
A sweet alcoholic drink made with cherries, often used in cocktails or desserts
- UK
A European garden herb with fern-like leaves, white flowers and a sweet aniseed taste
A leafy wildflower with sweet-smelling white or pale pink trumpet flowers that blooms late afternoon
- US
A North American bush that people use to make jam and wine from its purple-black berries
A plant like chamomile that grows for one year, tastes more bitter, and helps mild stomach problems
A bush with spikes of sweet-smelling white flowers that grows near streams and coasts and attracts bees
A plant that has sweet-smelling flowers and grows in sandy places like deserts
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sweet comes from Old English swete meaning 'pleasant', and the same word was used for nice smells. So when we call a flower or air sweet, we mean its smell is pleasant and lovely.