sweet
- adjective
- /swiːt/
- The sweet aroma of freshly baked bread made everyone feel hungry and eager to eat.
- a sweet smell
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Watch on YouTubeThis 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
A thing like soap or a candle that has a pleasant smell because perfume was added
Having a pleasant smell like flowers or soap
Having a pleasant scent
Having a strong, pleasant smell like spices or flowers
Has a pleasant smell from perfume or flowers
Smelling or looking like flowers
Having a pleasant sweet smell
A thing that smells of sweet vanilla, like a candle or ice cream
Having a nice scent
A little sweet in taste or smell
A thing that smells like cinnamon
Having a pleasant smell like flowers or spices
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 garden flower with dense clusters of small flat-topped flowers and a pleasant smell
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 pale yellow oil from almonds that people use for cooking and for skin or hair
A low plant with small white flowers and a sweet smell used to cover the ground and flavor drinks
- US
A small tree or bush from the southeastern United States with fragrant white flowers
A bush with spikes of sweet-smelling white flowers that grows near streams and coasts and attracts bees
- UK
A European garden herb with fern-like leaves, white flowers and a sweet aniseed taste
- Australian
A cassava with roots that need less cooking and leaves used to feed animals
- Specialized
A small insect that attacks sweet potatoes and other crops and spreads plant viruses
- South African
A plant with divided leaves and pink flowers that smell sweet
A marsh plant with long leaves and sweet-smelling roots used for flavoring and medicine
- US
A North American tree with dark bark that smells like mint and has hard wood used for furniture
A North American tree with star-shaped leaves, spiky round fruit, and sticky fragrant sap
- US
A North American bush that people use to make jam and wine from its purple-black berries
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.