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oversweeten

oversweeten verb: to make too sweet.

Verb

oversweeten (third-person singular simple present oversweetens, present participle oversweetening, simple past and past participle oversweetened)

  1. (transitive) To make too sweet.
    • I could barely eat the oversweetened processed foods.

Forms of oversweeten

third-person singular presentoversweetens
present participleoversweetening
past participleoversweetened
pastoversweetened

Origin of oversweeten

From over- + sweeten.

Questions about oversweeten

What does oversweeten mean?
Oversweeten means to make too sweet.
What part of speech is oversweeten?
Oversweeten is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversweeten?
The past tense of oversweeten is oversweetened.

Words near oversweeten in the dictionary

  1. oversweats
  2. oversweep
  3. oversweeping
  4. oversweeps
  5. oversweet
  6. oversweeten
  7. oversweetened
  8. oversweetening
  9. oversweetens
  10. oversweetly
  11. oversweetness

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