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sweetened

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: S W IY1 T AH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

made to taste sweet

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

containing sweetener

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3

adj

Meaning 3

made more appealing or more attractive with incentives

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of sweeten

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

with sweetening added

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: sugared, sweet, sweet-flavored

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History

Etymology

From sweeten + -ed.