SWEET TOOTH Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

sweet tooth

noun

Definition of sweet tooth

as in craving

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Recent Examples of sweet tooth Pompompurin is beloved for his sweet spirit, sweet tooth and brown beret. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026 Come out and satisfy your sweet tooth with a wide variety of food trucks and dessert vendors. — Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 25 June 2026 Satisfy your sweet tooth on La Calle de los Dulces. — Zanny Merullo, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026 This combo can satisfy your sweet tooth while also delivering some nutritional value. — Christina Manian, Health, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sweet tooth

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Noun

But to your brain, romance may look less like affection and more like craving, stress, and reward.

— Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
Low energy, fatigue, dizziness, lightheadedness, headaches, fainting, brittle or thin nails, hair loss, cravings to chew ice and restless legs syndrome are a few signs, according to Thomas.

— Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of craving

Noun

For Neha Bora, a student leader who took part in a hunger strike in New Delhi, the movement showed that ordinary citizens could still hold those in power to account.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Two days earlier, Delhi police officers had descended on Jantar Mantar, the eighteenth-century astronomical observatory and frequent site of protests in the nation’s capital, where Wangchuk had been on an indefinite hunger strike since June 28.

— Jonathan Mingle, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of hunger strike

Noun

Some of its highest-profile work was partnering with the then-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (now just the Gates Foundation) and northern Nigerian state governments on campaigns focused on malnutrition and polio eradication in Nigeria.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Untreated dental disease drives infection, malnutrition, and avoidable hospitalization; a person who cannot chew does not eat well, and a person who does not eat well does not heal.

— Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of malnutrition

Noun

Most younger people haven’t been taught about the horrors of communism, such as the deliberate starvation of millions of Ukrainian farmers and their families in the early 1930s.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Their starvation reached new heights, and the men ultimately broke their promise to Odysseus and killed one of Apollo’s cattle.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026

Definition of starvation

Noun

Although Wangchuk broke his fast on July 24 after the government assured him that steps would be taken to address the students’ demands, the protest kept growing.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
One year, my family’s Yom Kippur break-fast meal was very nearly derailed when my dad got into an argument with one of our guests about the Rosenbergs.

— Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of fast

Noun

Nine years of war had killed thousands, destroyed the economy and left tens of thousands of Yemenis living in famine, according to the UN.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Founded in 1599, the Grassmayr Bell Foundry, in Innsbruck, western Austria, has survived wars, famines, epidemics and economic challenges.

— Philipp Jenne, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Definition of famine

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