sweetened; sweetening
ˈswē-tᵊn-iŋ 
ˈswēt-niŋ
1
: to make sweet
2
: to soften the mood or attitude of
3
: to make less painful or trying
4
: to free from a harmful or undesirable quality or substance
especially
: to remove sulfur compounds from
sweeten natural gas
5
: to make more valuable or attractive
sweeten the deal
: such as
a
: to increase (a pot not won on the previous deal) by anteing prior to another deal
b
: to place additional securities as collateral for (a loan)
: to become sweet
Examples of sweeten in a Sentence
He sweetened his cereal a little.
He sweetened the deal with a large signing bonus.
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Valerie Rains, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025
Maybe, as Nicholas mentions, Buffalo could sweeten the pot with edge rusher Gregory Rousseau.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
To sweeten the incentive, Cameo is also providing a daily catered lunch, an adjacent gym membership and parking, all for free.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
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Valerie Rains, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025
Maybe, as Nicholas mentions, Buffalo could sweeten the pot with edge rusher Gregory Rousseau.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
To sweeten the incentive, Cameo is also providing a daily catered lunch, an adjacent gym membership and parking, all for free.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
In a move to sweeten the pot for potential subscribers, Tastemade is offering new annual Tastemade+ members a complimentary Jamie Oliver cookbook.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Sweeten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweeten. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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