sweeten
sweeten is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.
- adjective. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.
- adjective. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper.
- adjective. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life.
- adjective. To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
- adjective. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.
- adjective. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.
- adjective. To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.
- intransitive verb. To become sweet.
- verb. make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
"sweeten a deal"
- verb. make sweeter in taste
Synonyms
dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate
Common word forms
sweetens, sweetened, sweetener, sweetening
Words from these letters
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