Past tense of sweeten
regular verb
The past tense of sweeten is sweetened. The past participle is also sweetened.
Forms of sweeten
| Base form (V1) | sweeten /ˈswiːtən/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sweetened |
| Past participle (V3) | sweetened |
| Present participle | sweetening |
| Third person singular | sweetens |
Sweetened in a sentence
- He sweetened the pot since there were no takers in the office pool.From the entry sweeten the pot
- I sweetened up the barbecue sauce by adding some sugar.From the entry sweeten up
- The nine-to-five routine could certainly be sweetened by a robocolleague to sweat your boring stuff.2019 May 8, Mark Blunden, “Artificial intelligence will mean more jobs for humans, not fewer”, in Evening Standard, page 16. From the entry robocolleague
- The crispy pastry tube was overflowing with sweetened, whipped ricotta and dotted with chocolate jimmies.2017 September 22, Suzanne Loudermilk, “Dining review: At Giovanni's, hearty Italian fare and an old-fashioned feel”, in The Baltimore…. From the entry jimmy
- Many of Japan's most popular confections are dusted with a light coating of sweetened kinako.2013, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Tofu and Tofu Products (965 CE to 2013), Soyinfo Center, →ISBN, page 1146. From the entry mochi
Meaning of sweeten
- verb To make sweet to the taste.
- verb To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
- verb To make mild or kind; to soften.
Questions about the past tense of sweeten
- What is the past tense of sweeten?
- The past tense of sweeten is sweetened.
- What is the past participle of sweeten?
- The past participle of sweeten is sweetened.
- Is sweeten a regular or irregular verb?
- Sweeten is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sweeten (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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