I.
( BrE ) noun ⇨ See also ↑ candy
ADJECTIVE
▪ chewy , jelly , sugary
▪ boiled
▪ cough , throat
… OF SWEETS
▪ bag , box , packet
VERB + SWEET
▪ eat , suck
▪
I was sucking a boiled ~.
SWEET + NOUN
▪ shop
II.
adj.
1 tasting like sugar/smelling pleasant
VERBS
▪ be , smell , taste
▪
The air smelled ~ and clean.
▪ make sth
▪ find sth
▪
I found the dessert a little ~ for my taste.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ enough
▪
Is the tea ~ enough for you?
▪ sickly
▪
an overpowering, sickly ~ smell
2 nice
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem , sound
▪ keep sb ( informal )
▪
He'd promised her a new car, just to keep her ~ (= keep her in a good mood) .
ADVERB
▪ awfully , really , terribly , very
▪ sickeningly , sugary
▪
a sickeningly ~ smile
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
She was really ~ to me.
PHRASES
▪ dear sweet …
▪
My dear ~ sister Jillie.
▪ short and ~
▪
I'll keep it short and ~ ( = speak briefly ).
▪ ~ and innocent
▪
She looked so ~ and innocent.
▪ ~ little
▪
a ~ little smile
Sweet is used with these nouns: ↑ air , ↑ apple , ↑ aroma , ↑ champagne , ↑ cherry , ↑ cider , ↑ coffee , ↑ corn , ↑ craving , ↑ cream , ↑ deal , ↑ dessert , ↑ dish , ↑ disposition , ↑ drink , ↑ embrace , ↑ face , ↑ flavour , ↑ flesh , ↑ food , ↑ fragrance , ↑ fruit , ↑ gesture , ↑ girl , ↑ grape , ↑ guy , ↑ innocence , ↑ jar , ↑ kiss , ↑ lady , ↑ melody , ↑ memory , ↑ music , ↑ odour , ↑ onion , ↑ orange , ↑ pastry , ↑ pepper , ↑ perfume , ↑ potato , ↑ relief , ↑ revenge , ↑ roll , ↑ sauce , ↑ scent , ↑ sherry , ↑ smell , ↑ smile , ↑ snack , ↑ sound , ↑ spot , ↑ talk , ↑ taste , ↑ tea , ↑ thing , ↑ tone , ↑ treat , ↑ trolley , ↑ voice , ↑ wine , ↑ wrapper