sweeten

Verb

Verb Forms: sweetened, sweetening, sweetens

To make something sweet or more agreeable.
make sweeter in taste
make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
- "sweeten a deal"
To make sweet to the taste.
To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
To make mild or kind; to soften.
To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
To make pure and healthful by destroying noxious matter.
To make warm and fertile.
To raise the pH of (a soil) by adding alkali.
To restore to purity; to free from taint.
To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations.
To become sweet.
To supplement (a composition) with additional instruments, especially strings.

Examples

He hoped his next word would SWEETEN his score and turn the tide of the Scrabble game.

Origin / Etymology

From sweet + -en. Eclipsed and superseded non-native Middle English doucen and endoucen, borrowed from Old French adoucir and endoucir (“to sweeten”).

Synonyms

dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate

Antonyms

sour

Scrabble Score: 10

sweeten: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sweeten: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sweeten: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

sweeten: valid Words With Friends Word