sweet tooth

Synonyms for sweet tooth

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noun. desire for food, worldly goods

noun. appetite for food, other desire

noun. inclination, weakness

Word Origin & History

"fondness for sugary stuff," late 14c., from sweet (adj.) + tooth in the sense of "taste, liking" (see toothsome).

Shall I be afraid of eating sweetmeats because people may say I have a sweet tooth?

It's a sweet tooth, that fellow that you hold on upon yet, Mistress Prettybones.

Like his brown congener of Europe he has a sweet tooth, and is greatly given to honey.

He has a sweet tooth, too, and revels in honey—when he can get it.

A little sugar also if you have a sweet tooth—but only a little.

You'll have enough to eat and drink, and for your sweet tooth we've got plenty of everything.

And their right arm is of more importance just now than your sweet tooth.

This made him feel a little better, for Mahala had a very "sweet tooth."

Like all persons of simple tastes, he retained his sweet tooth.

"Lilian, you are like a baby with a sweet tooth," says Lady Chetwoode.