| bittersweet | (adjective) tinged with sadness | - |
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| (adjective) having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness | Synonyms: semisweet |
| (noun) twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork |
| (noun) poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America | Synonyms: bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, woody nightshade |
| chimneysweep | (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweeper, sweep |
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| chimneysweeper | (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweep, sweep |
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| minesweeper | (noun) ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines | - |
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| minesweeping | (noun) the activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines | - |
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| nonsweet | (adjective) not containing sugar | Synonyms: sugarless |
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| semisweet | (adjective) having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness | Synonyms: bittersweet |
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| sweep | (noun) (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line | Synonyms: end run |
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| (noun) a movement in an arc | - |
| (noun) a long oar used in an open boat | Synonyms: sweep oar |
| (noun) a wide scope | Synonyms: expanse |
| (noun) winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge | Synonyms: slam |
| (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweep, chimneysweeper |
| (verb) win an overwhelming victory in or on | - |
| (verb) sweep with a broom or as if with a broom | Synonyms: broom |
| (verb) clean by sweeping | - |
| (verb) make a big sweeping gesture or movement | Synonyms: swing, swing out |
| (verb) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions | Synonyms: sail |
| (verb) sweep across or over | Synonyms: brush |
| (verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag, drag in, embroil, sweep up, tangle |
| (verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: cross, span, traverse |
| (verb) cover the entire range of | - |
| sweeper | (noun) little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body | - |
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| (noun) a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet | Synonyms: carpet sweeper |
| (noun) an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) | - |
| sweeping | (adjective) ignoring distinctions | Synonyms: wholesale |
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| (adjective) taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination | - |
| (noun) the act of cleaning with a broom | - |
| sweepingly | (adverb) in a sweeping manner | - |
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| sweepstakes | (noun) a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants | - |
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| sweet | (adjective) not containing or composed of salt water | Synonyms: fresh |
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| (adjective) (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content | - |
| (adjective) having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar | - |
| (adjective) having a natural fragrance | Synonyms: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling |
| (adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic |
| (adjective) pleasing to the ear | Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant |
| (adjective) with sweetening added | Synonyms: sugared, sweet-flavored, sweetened |
| (adjective) not soured or preserved | Synonyms: fresh, unfermented |
| (adjective) pleasing to the mind or feeling | Synonyms: gratifying |
| (adjective) pleasing to the senses | - |
| (noun) the property of tasting as if it contains sugar | Synonyms: sweetness |
| (noun) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth | Synonyms: sugariness, sweetness |
| (noun) a food rich in sugar | Synonyms: confection |
| (noun) a dish served as the last course of a meal | Synonyms: afters, dessert |
| (adverb) in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly') | Synonyms: sweetly |
| sweetbread | (noun) edible glands of an animal | Synonyms: sweetbreads |
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| sweetbreads | (noun) edible glands of an animal | Synonyms: sweetbread |
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| sweetbriar | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbrier |
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| sweetbrier | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar |
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| sweeten | (verb) make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable | - |
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| (verb) make sweeter in taste | Synonyms: dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate |
| sweetened | (adjective) with sweetening added | Synonyms: sugared, sweet-flavored, sweet |
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| sweetener | (noun) anything that serves as an enticement | Synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, lure |
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| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetening |
| sweetening | (noun) the act of adding a sweetener to food | - |
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| (noun) an improvement that makes something more agreeable | Synonyms: enhancement |
| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetener |
| sweetheart | (adjective) privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically) | - |
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| (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetie, truelove |
| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner |
| (noun) any well-liked individual | - |
| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetie |
| sweetie | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetheart, truelove |
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| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart |
| sweetish | (adjective) somewhat sweet | - |
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| sweetleaf | (noun) small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye | Synonyms: Symplocus tinctoria |
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| sweetly | (adverb) in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly') | Synonyms: sweet |
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| sweetmeat | (noun) a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry) | - |
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| sweetness | (noun) the property of tasting as if it contains sugar | Synonyms: sweet |
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| (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence |
| (noun) the quality of giving pleasure | Synonyms: pleasantness |
| (noun) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth | Synonyms: sugariness, sweet |
| sweetpea | (noun) climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers | Synonyms: Lathyrus odoratus, sweet pea |
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| sweetsop | (noun) sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds | Synonyms: annon, sugar apple |
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| (noun) tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds | Synonyms: Annona squamosa, sweetsop tree |
| unsweet | (adjective) distasteful | - |
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| (adjective) (of champagne) moderately dry | Synonyms: sec |
| unsweetened | (adjective) not made sweet | - |
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