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Meaning of SWEETNESS

Pronunciation:  'sweetnes

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"
  2. [n]  a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
  3. [n]  the property of containing sugar
  4. [n]  the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
 
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 Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, pleasantness, redolence, sugariness, sweet, sweet
 
 Antonyms: unpleasantness
 
 See Also: agreeableness, amenity, aroma, disagreeableness, enjoyableness, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, niceness, odor, odour, olfactory property, quality, saccharinity, scent, smell, sugariness, taste, taste perception, taste property, taste sensation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sweet"ness\, n. [AS. sw[=e]tness.]
The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the
adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell;
agreeableness.
 
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