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sweetened

sweetened is the simple past and past participle of sweeten.

Adjective

sweetened (comparative more sweetened, superlative most sweetened)

  1. made to taste sweet
  2. containing sweetener
  3. (figuratively) made more appealing or more attractive with incentives

Meaning of sweeten

Verb

sweeten (third-person singular simple present sweetens, present participle sweetening, simple past and past participle sweetened)

  1. (transitive) To make sweet to the taste.
    • to sweeten tea
  2. (transitive) To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
    • to sweeten life
  3. (transitive) To make mild or kind; to soften.
    • to sweeten the temper
  4. (transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
    • to sweeten the cares of life
  5. (transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
    • Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other.1695, John Dryden, De Arte Graphica
  6. (transitive) To make pure and healthful by destroying noxious matter.
    • to sweeten the air

See all 13 meanings of sweeten

Forms of sweetened

comparativemore sweetened
superlativemost sweetened

Origin of sweetened

From sweeten + -ed.

Words formed from sweetened

Phrases with sweetened

Questions about sweetened

What does sweetened mean?
Sweetened means made to taste sweet.
What is sweetened the simple past and past participle of?
Sweetened is the simple past and past participle of sweeten.
What part of speech is sweetened?
Sweetened is an adjective.

Words near sweetened in the dictionary

  1. sweetely
  2. sweeten
  3. sweeten the pill
  4. sweeten the pot
  5. sweeten up
  6. sweetened
  7. sweetened the pill
  8. sweetened the pot
  9. sweetened up
  10. sweetener
  11. sweeteners

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