sweeten synonyms

sweeten

v.

  1. To make sweet

    sugar, add sugar, add sweetening, make toothsome, give a sweet flavor to, mull; see also flavor.

    Antonyms sour*, make sour, make bitter.

  2. To make fresh

    purify, freshen, remove salt from, fumigate, disinfect, cleanse, revive, renew, ventilate.

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