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sweetening

sweetening

3.0
Adding sugar to food or drink to make it sweeter
  • noun
  • /ˈswitənɪŋ/
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  • If flour is being used, it should usually be wholemeal, while sweetening is achieved through raw sugar or honey.

Examples

  • Adding sugar is a common method of sweetening tea to enhance its flavor.

  • The sweetening of the sauce with honey gave it a delightful taste.

  • Some people prefer natural fruit juices for sweetening their smoothies instead of sugar.

Synonyms

sugaring
vssweetening
3.1

To cover food with sugar to make it sweet and shiny

is broader, adding any sweet agent, for example honey, to food or drink

Antonyms

bittering
7.8

The act of making something taste sharp and unpleasant or making people feel angry and hurt

Surface Forms

sweetening singular
sweetenings plural

Morphology

sweetening = sweeten (transparent) = sweet + en + ing

The noun here names the action or process derived from the verb 'sweeten' in a straightforward way.

Etymology

Sweetening comes from sweet ('pleasant taste') with -en ('make') and -ing, so the word can mean the action of making something sweet, for example adding sugar or honey to tea.