sweetening

Speech parts

1. sweetening - Noun

2. sweetening - Verb

Meaning

of Sweeten

The act of making sweet.

That which sweetens.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

enhancement ambrosia sugar ease reward honey incentive alleviate temper lure mitigate bait appease bribe refresh
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Antonyms

salting souring carking

Hypernyms

improvement flavoring seasoning flavouring seasoner flavourer

Hyponyms

honey saccharin aspartame sirup refined sugar

Phrases with the word

add sweetening sweetening agent

Examples

Cooks use it for sweetening — its fructose component, which has almost double the sweetness of glucose, makes sucrose distinctively sweet in comparison to other carbohydrates. Source: Internet

Business and baristas debate over who pioneered the edgy outfits, but they agree that by sweetening the product, with a smile and maybe a shot of hazelnut syrup, they've reached out to customers who've never set foot in a Starbucks. Source: Internet

Further sweetening the deal is the 110% deposit bonus for newbies on their first deposit. Source: Internet

In addition to the lowest prices we've ever seen on Apple's Late 2016 15" MacBook Pro, Apple authorized reseller B&H is sweetening the deal even more by throwing in a free AppleCare extended protection plan valued at $379 -- with no tax in most states. Source: Internet

Samsung is sweetening the pill with a trade-in promotion that is available for the first time globally. Source: Internet

Grande said it was influenced by someone ”bringing light to a situation, or to someone’s life, or somebody else who brings light to your life, or sweetening the situation.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sweetened type of bread sweetener sweetenesse sweetening agent sweetfaced sweetfish