Sweeten
31sweeten the pill — ► sugar (or sweeten) the pill make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable. Main Entry: ↑pill …
32sweeten the pot — add to the total sum of bets made in poker ■ add an inducement, typically in the form of money or a concession he is trying to sweeten the pot, offering workers a 50 cent raise …
33sweeten — /sweet n/, v.t. 1. to make sweet, as by adding sugar. 2. to make mild or kind; soften. 3. to lessen the acridity or pungency of (a food) by prolonged cooking. 4. to reduce the saltiness of (a food or dish) by diluting with water, milk, or other… …
34sweeten up — verb To make sweet to the taste. I sweetened up the barbeque sauce by adding some sugar …
35Sweeten — This interesting name is of early medieval English origin, and is a nickname surname for a popular or attractive person, or for somebody who habitually addressed people with the Middle English term swetin , meaning darling, or sweetheart. It… …
36sweeten — Synonyms and related words: allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bleach, bowdlerize, brighten, candy, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, conciliate, delouse, depurate, deterge, dress up, dry clean, dulcify, dust, dust off, ease,… …
37sweeten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make sweet] Syn. sugar, add sugar, add sweetening, make toothsome, give a sweet flavor to, mull; see also flavor . Ant. sour*, make sour, make bitter. 2. [To make fresh] Syn. purify, freshen, remove salt from, fumigate,… …
38sweeten — sweet·en || swɪËtn v. make sweeter in taste; make more pleasant or agreeable …
39sweeten — verb 1》 make or become sweet or sweeter. 2》 make more agreeable or acceptable. ↘informal induce (someone) to be well disposed to oneself …
40sweeten — I. v. a. 1. Make sweet. 2. Soften, make mild, make tender, make kind, mollify. 3. Give zest to, give a relish to. 4. Soothe, relieve. 5. Freshen, disinfect, ventilate, fumigate, deodorize. II. v. n. Grow sweet, become sweet …
