Definitions for sweets

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sweets sweet

Spelling: [sweet]

IPA: /swit/

Sweets is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in sweets (eesstw).

Definitions for sweets

noun

1. a sweet flavor, smell, or sound; sweetness.
2. something that is sweet or causes or gives a sweet flavor, smell, or sound.
3. sweets, Informal. candied sweet potatoes. (in direct address) sweetheart.
4. sweets, pie, cake, candy, and other foods high in sugar content.
5. Chiefly British. a piece of candy; sweetmeat or bonbon. a sweet dish or dessert, as a pudding or tart.
6. something pleasant to the mind or feelings.
7. a beloved person.
8. (in direct address) darling; sweetheart.

Idioms

1. sweet on, Informal. infatuated with; in love with:

adverb

1. in a sweet manner; sweetly.

adjective

1. having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.
2. producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not bitter, sour, or salt.
3. not rancid or stale; fresh:
4. not salt or salted:
5. pleasing to the ear; making a delicate, pleasant, or agreeable sound; musical.
6. pleasing or fresh to the smell; fragrant; perfumed.
7. pleasing or agreeable; delightful.
8. amiable; kind or gracious, as a person, action, etc.
9. dear; beloved; precious.
10. easily managed; done or effected without effort.
11. (of wine) not dry; containing unfermented, natural sugar.
12. (of a cocktail) made with a greater proportion of vermouth than usual.
13. sentimental, cloying, or unrealistic:
14. (of air) fresh; free from odor, staleness, excess humidity, noxious gases, etc.
15. free from acidity or sourness, as soil.
16. Chemistry. devoid of corrosive or acidic substances. (of fuel oil or gas) containing no sulfur compounds.
17. (of jazz or big band music) performed with a regular beat, moderate tempo, lack of improvisation, and an emphasis on warm tone and clearly outlined melody.

Origin of sweets

before 900; (adj. and adv.) Middle English swet(e), Old English swēte (adj.); (noun) Middle English swet(e), derivative of the adj.; cognate with Old Saxon swōti, Old High German swuozi (Germ

Examples for sweets

No matter what nonsense the little devils got themselves into, Miss Crabtree was always tolerant, patient, and ready with sweets.

The man I remember who gave me sweets when I was a child had black hair; he has red!

Flock to this beautiful tea house to get a taste of authentic Japanese teas and sweets.

In his later years Kendall tasted some of the sweets of success.

But it is when Lulla has undertaken to investigate a tin of sweets that she most suggests Agassiz.

She was rail-thin, in head-to-toe black, offering us sweets even as she ate none.

How unlike the variety of meats and sweets on which I feasted you!'

After all, there are countless pounds of sweets to be had, absolutely free.

She took her revenge in the evening by giving us a dish of sweets for dinner that I did not like.

The camp has a market street where merchants set up shop and sell their goods, mostly small food items and sweets.