sweetish

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/ˈswiːtɪʃ/

adjective

somewhat sweet (all senses)

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Meanings

adjectivesweetish (comparative more sweetish, superlative most sweetish)

comparative more sweetish · superlative most sweetish

  1. somewhat sweet (all senses)

    Pine Nuts are sweetish in flavor, warming, and lack poison.

    2013, Paul. D. Buell, Eugene N. Anderson, Soup For The Qan
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    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 46

    Up 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

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂d-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéh₂dus
  3. Proto-Germanic*swōtuz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*swōtī
  5. Old Englishswēte
  6. Middle Englishswete
  7. Englishsweet
  8. Englishsweetish

From sweet + -ish.

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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

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APA

sweetish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetish

MLA

“sweetish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweetish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetish.

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