Sweetness

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Sweet is the basic taste sensation of sweetness, associated with sugars.

Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar
Having a taste of sugar
Containing a sweetening ingredient
(of a wine) retaining a portion of natural sugar
Not having a salty taste
sweet butter
sweet water
Having a pleasant smell
a sweet scent
Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale
sweet milk
Having a pleasant sound
a sweet tune
a sweet voice
Having a pleasing disposition
a sweet child
Having a helpful disposition
It was sweet of him to help out.
Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur
sweet soil
sweet crude oil

(having a taste of sugar): saccharine, sugary
(containing a sweetening ingredient): sugared, sweetened
(not having a salty taste): fresh, unsalty
(having a pleasant smell): fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
(not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale): fresh, unfermented, wholesome
(having a pleasant sound): dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant
(having a pleasing disposition): cute, lovable, pleasant
(having a helpful disposition): kind, gracious, helpful, sensitive, thoughtful

(having a pleasant taste): bitter, sour, salty
(containing a sweetening ingredient): nonsweet, sugarless, unsugared, unsweetened
(of wines: retaining a portion of natural sugar): dry
(not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale): decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, stale
(not having a salty taste): salty
(free from excessive unwanted substances): sour

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