English Explanatory Dictionary

unsweet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not sweet.

Word forms

unsweet more unsweet most unsweet

Etymology

From Middle English unswete, from Old English unswēte (“unsweet; bitter; sour”), from Proto-West Germanic *unswōtī, from Proto-Germanic *unswōtuz (“unsweet”), equivalent to un- + sweet. Cognate with West Frisian ûnswiet (“unsweet”), Dutch onzoet (“unsweet”), German Low German unsööt (“unsweet”), German unsüß (“unsweet”), Swedish osöt (“unsweet”), Icelandic ósætur (“unsweet”).

Synonyms

unsweetened nonsweet unsugared

Antonyms

sweet sugared

Derived words

unsweet tea
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