sweetening

Plural: sweetenings

Noun

• something added to foods to make them taste sweeter
• an improvement that makes something more agreeable
• the act of adding a sweetener to food
• The process of making something sweeter.
• A sweetener.

Verb

• make sweeter in taste
• make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
• present participle and gerund of sweeten

Examples

• Honey is the oldest of sweetenings.

Synonyms

dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, enhancement, sweeten, sweetener

Antonyms

sour