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sweetening

1 3.0

Adding sugar to food or drink to make it sweeter

noun
/ˈswitənɪŋ/

: endulzado

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

1 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

1 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.