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sweeten
verb as in add sugar
Strongest match
verb as in make happy; appease
Strongest match
Weak match
Example Sentences
Integrating Bouncer’s card scanning and risk technology into the Radar stack will both sweeten the deal for people to buy those services from Stripe, but also make the tools more effective.
While they haven’t tested the theory on humans, the scientists found that young rats that consumed sugar-sweetened beverages daily had impaired performance on memory tasks as adults.
Whisk in the sweetened condensed milk, bottled key lime juice and fresh lime juice until fully combined.
To sweeten the report, families offer a bribe of sugar to the Kitchen God — smearing the image with something sweet and then burning it, so it can ascend to heaven.
If you don’t like his criticisms, then suggest he can either sweeten up or go home.
Cameroon released several Boko Haram detainees to sweeten the deal.
Right now your company likes to sweeten the pot by paying you in tax-deductible fringe benefits, including corporate junkets.
If the administration is correct, then there should be no need to sweeten the pot.
He likes to sweeten the negotiations with a little food, drink, and social lubrication, no matter the circumstances.
You can reuse the syrup to sweeten tea or make another batch of apple chips.
She smiled kindly on me, much as a goddess designs to sweeten the life of a mortal with a glance.
You said yourself I wanted violets to sweeten me and hammers to soften me—you think I'm so bitter and so hard.
The figure is that the law in itself is often like a sharp and bitter flavor, but that a good judge will sweeten this.
There was sugar enough in the bowl to sweeten all their tea the next day, and so far all went well.
Well, I will bear mine antler'd honours as I may—gold shall gild them; and for my disgrace, revenge shall sweeten it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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