Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (a.) Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful..

Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) Anything which is bittersweet.

Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) A kind of apple so called.

Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara..

Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork..

Dissweeten :: Dissweeten (v. t.) To deprive of sweetness.

Honey-sweet :: Honey-sweet (a.) Sweet as honey.

Meadowsweet :: Meadowsweet (n.) Alt. of Meadowwor.

Outsweeten :: Outsweeten (v. t.) To surpass in sweetness.

Sweet :: Sweepy (a.) Moving with a sweeping motion.

Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges..

Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense..

Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer..

Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion..

Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water..

Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish..

Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners..

Sweet :: Sweet (n.) That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Sweet :: Sweet (n.) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc..

Sweet :: Sweet (n.) Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc..

Sweet :: Sweet (n.) That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

Sweet :: Sweet (n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life..

Sweet :: Sweet (n.) One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.

Sweet :: Sweet (adv.) Sweetly.

Sweet-breasted :: Sweetbread (n.) The pancreas.

Sweet-scented :: Sweetroot (n.) Licorice.

Sweet-sop :: Sweet-scented (a.) Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant.

Sweetbread :: Sweet (v. t.) To sweeten.

Sweetbread :: Sweetbread (n.) Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, / throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus..

Sweetbrier :: Sweet-breasted (a.) Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6..

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