sweeten

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb make sweeter in taste
  2. verb make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable

Etymology

From sweet + -en. Eclipsed non-native Middle English doucen and endoucen, borrowed from Old French adoucir and endoucir (“to sweeten”).

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Synonyms

dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate

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