Meanings
comparative more sweetish · superlative most sweetish
- somewhat sweet (all senses)
Pine Nuts are sweetish in flavor, warming, and lack poison.
2013, Paul. D. Buell, Eugene N. Anderson, Soup For The Qan2 more examples
At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.
1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son, page 46Up half the night, nearly 'til dawn, I can almost see the light in a love that can't go wrong, It's just another sweetish love song.
2009, Jeffrey Poppy, Jeff, the Roofer, Reflections of a Double Negative Life
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesomewhat sweet
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂d-
- Proto-Indo-European*swéh₂dus
- Proto-Germanic*swōtuz
- Proto-West Germanic*swōtī
- Old Englishswēte
- Middle Englishswete
- Englishsweet
- Englishsweetish
Translations
Bulgarian сладникав
- сладникав (sladnikav)somewhat sweet
Finnish makeahko
- makeahkosomewhat sweet
French douçâtre, douceâtre
- douçâtresomewhat sweet
- douceâtresomewhat sweet
German süßlich
- süßlichsomewhat sweet
Hungarian édeskés
- édeskéssomewhat sweet
Latin dulciculus
- dulciculussomewhat sweet
Polish słodkawy
- słodkawysomewhat sweet
Romanian dulcișor, dulciu
- dulcișorsomewhat sweet
- dulciusomewhat sweet
- dulceagsomewhat sweet
Russian сладкова́тый
- сладкова́тый (sladkovátyj)somewhat sweet
Swedish sötaktig
- sötaktigsomewhat sweet
Ukrainian солодкува́тий
- солодкува́тий (solodkuvátyj)somewhat sweet
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sweetish
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Cite this entry
sweetish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetish
“sweetish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweetish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetish.
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