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Word entry · 5 letters

sweet

Best crossword clue

"Sugary in taste"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /swiːt/Part of speech adverb, adjective, nounSorted eestwStarts with SEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Having a sugary taste; also pleasant or kind.

Word origin

From Middle English soot, sweete, swete, swoote, from Old English swēte, swoete, swōt, swœ̄te (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”), from *sweh₂d- (“sweet”) + *-us.

Used in a sentence

  • a sweet apple
  • Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
  • sweet butter

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Sugary in taste5 letters
02Pleasingly sugary or kind5 letters

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