Sweetness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sweetness \Sweet"ness\, n. [AS. sw[=e]tness.]
     The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the
     adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell;
     agreeableness.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sweetness
       n 1: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn:
             {sweet}, {sugariness}]
       2: the property of containing sugar [syn: {sweet}]
       3: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: {bouquet}, {fragrance},
           {redolence}]
       4: the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the
          sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool
          breeze on a hot summer day" [syn: {pleasantness}] [ant: {unpleasantness}]