sweeten[verb]Synonyms:- sugar
- mollify, appease, pacify, soothe
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
sweet‧en /ˈswiːtn/
verb [
Word Family: noun:
sweet,
sweetener,
sweetness,
sweetie;
verb:
sweeten;
adverb:
sweetly;
adjective:
sweet]
1. [intransitive and transitive] to make something sweeter, or become sweeter:
Sweeten the mixture with a little honey.2. [transitive] (
also sweeten somebody ↔ up)
informal to try to persuade someone to do what you want, by giving them presents or money or promising them something:
a cash bonus to sweeten the deal ⇒
sweetener(2)
3. [transitive] literary to make someone kinder, gentler etc:
Old age had not sweetened her. ⇒
sweeten the pill at
pill1(4)
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲