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the state or quality of having a pleasant or agreeable manner in socializing with others
one sister's sweetness was offset by the other's crotchetiness
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Recent Examples of sweetness
The addition of classic solar notes like benzoin, vanilla orchid, and amber woods ensures the sugary sweetness never becomes too sweet or headache-inducing.
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Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
This is a rich, almost chewy, Old Fashioned variation where the salinity of the beef fat meets the sweetness of the maple syrup and subtle chocolate undertone.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
People also experimented with brown sugar, oat milk, or whipped foam to mimic the cookie’s sweetness and texture.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2025
The combination feels like you’re literally wrapped in silk and sweetness.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
As the dish spread, variations began to pop up with some cooks substituting different kinds of beef, adding carrots for extra sweetness, or adapting it to a soup, like this recipe.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Nutella does the heavy lifting here, standing in for sugar, fat and flour and offering its milky cocoa sweetness and toasty hazelnut flavor to every spoonful.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Each coffee was scored based on criteria such as acidity, body, and sweetness (which everyone ranked 10 out of 10) before the whole lot was averaged for a score out of 100.
—Alex Mayyasi, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2025
Raisins provide a touch of sweetness.
—Faye Levy, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
This is a rich, almost chewy, Old Fashioned variation where the salinity of the beef fat meets the sweetness of the maple syrup and subtle chocolate undertone.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
People also experimented with brown sugar, oat milk, or whipped foam to mimic the cookie’s sweetness and texture.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2025
The combination feels like you’re literally wrapped in silk and sweetness.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
As the dish spread, variations began to pop up with some cooks substituting different kinds of beef, adding carrots for extra sweetness, or adapting it to a soup, like this recipe.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Nutella does the heavy lifting here, standing in for sugar, fat and flour and offering its milky cocoa sweetness and toasty hazelnut flavor to every spoonful.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Each coffee was scored based on criteria such as acidity, body, and sweetness (which everyone ranked 10 out of 10) before the whole lot was averaged for a score out of 100.
—Alex Mayyasi, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2025
Raisins provide a touch of sweetness.
—Faye Levy, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweetness
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The farmer’s tendency to pursue high yields obscured the delicate pleasantness this grape gives when handled carefully.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Riley, a Northern California native, who has always exuded a Zen-like geniality, was part of a generation of young American composers who had turned away from audience-alienating atonal music, which had been proselytized by their teachers in the science-minded postwar academy.—
William Robin,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Sweetness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweetness. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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