Synonyms for sweeten
ˈswit nsweet·en

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1. sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorateverb

   make sweeter in taste

   Synonyms:
   dulcorate, edulcorate, dulcify

   Antonyms:
   sour, acetify, acidify, acidulate

2. sweetenverb

   make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable

   "sweeten a deal"

   Synonyms:
   dulcorate, edulcorate, dulcify

   Antonyms:
   acidulate, sour, acetify, acidify

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1. sweetenverb

   Synonyms:
   make sweet

2. sweetenverb

   Synonyms:
   soften, make mild, make tender

3. sweetenverb

   Synonyms:
   give zest to, give a relish to

4. sweetenverb

   Synonyms:
   grow sweet, become sweet

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1. sweetenverb

   Synonyms:
   dulcify, edulcorate, purify, disinfect, fumigate, deodorize

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1. List of paraphrases for "sweeten":

   soften

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How to use sweeten in a sentence?

1. Francis Quarles:

   Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

2. Michael Mao:

   If Beijing wants to adjust the April data to sweeten trade talks, it won't work for obvious reasons, if the official data and shipping data don't match, analysts are smart enough to tell that authorities massaged official data.

3. Mitch Hedberg:

   We're gonna have to sweeten some of these jokes. That’s a showbiz term for “Add sugar to”.

4. Francis Bacon, Essays (1625):

   Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

5. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   The certain prospect of death could sweeten every life with a precious and fragrant drop of levity- and now you strange apothecary souls have turned it into an ill-tasting drop of poison that makes the whole of life repulsive.