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View definitions for sweeten

sweeten

verb as in add sugar

verb as in make happy; appease

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Example Sentences

Cameroon released several Boko Haram detainees to sweeten the deal.

Right now your company likes to sweeten the pot by paying you in tax-deductible fringe benefits, including corporate junkets.

If the administration is correct, then there should be no need to sweeten the pot.

He likes to sweeten the negotiations with a little food, drink, and social lubrication, no matter the circumstances.

You can reuse the syrup to sweeten tea or make another batch of apple chips.

She smiled kindly on me, much as a goddess designs to sweeten the life of a mortal with a glance.

You said yourself I wanted violets to sweeten me and hammers to soften me—you think I'm so bitter and so hard.

The figure is that the law in itself is often like a sharp and bitter flavor, but that a good judge will sweeten this.

There was sugar enough in the bowl to sweeten all their tea the next day, and so far all went well.

Well, I will bear mine antler'd honours as I may—gold shall gild them; and for my disgrace, revenge shall sweeten it.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sweeten, such as: mull, candy, sugar, add sweetening, candy-coat, and make sweet.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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