different between sweetness vs unsweeten

English

Alternative forms

• sweetnesse (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English sw?tnes (“sweetness”), equivalent to sweet +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sw?t'n?s, IPA^(key): /?swi?tn?s/

Noun

sweetness (countable and uncountable, plural sweetnesses)

1. The condition of being sweet or sugary.
2. A pleasant disposition; kindness.

   Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.

3. (informal) Term of address for one's sweetheart.
   • 1986, The Smiths (band), Bigmouth Strikes Again (song)

     Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said
     I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.

   • 2011, Kimberly Gibney, Over the Edge (page 66)

     "Hey sweetness," he said. "How was practice?"

Translations

Anagrams

• wetnesses

English

Etymology

un- +? sweeten

Verb

unsweeten (third-person singular simple present unsweetens, present participle unsweetening, simple past and past participle unsweetened)

1. (transitive) To remove or lower the sweetness of.