What are the opposite words for sweet?
The word "sweet" typically connotes a pleasing taste, but its antonyms present a different picture altogether. Sour, bitter, pungent, and acrid are some of the well-known antonyms of the word "sweet." While sourness represents a sharp and acidic flavor, bitterness refers to a disagreeable and harsh taste. Pungent and acrid are associated with a strong smell and taste that often cause discomfort. Astringent, unpalatable, and unpleasant are some other antonyms of sweet that signify different degrees of unpleasantness. By contrasting the word sweet with its antonyms, one can appreciate the diverse range of tastes and flavors that exist in the world around us.
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- sugary food
- irritable
- sour
- painful
- acid
- pungent
- sharp
- dry
- rank
- fetid
- acidulous
- biting
- foul-smelling
- mordant
- musty
- putrid
- rancid
- sarcastic
- stinging
- abominable
- acrid
- bitter
- crabby
- crisp
- cursed
- cutting
- foul
- gruff
- keen
- malodorous
- noxious
- rotten
- scathing
- smelly
- sugary
- awful, detestable
- bitter, sour to taste
- all
- piercing, sharp
- pungent, sharp
- burning, corrosive
- short, curt in presentation
- damned, doomed for bad ending
- nasty, hateful
- sarcastic, sharp-tongued
- foul, rancid
- sharp, piercing
- stuffy, aged
- deadly, injurious
- highly flavored
- rotten, stinking
- rotten, strong-smelling
- stinking, foul
- decayed, decaying
- nasty, mocking in speech
- having a bad odor
- bad-tasting; gone bad
- nice-smelling
- friendly, kind
- bitter, sour in taste or effect
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- sugary food
- irritable
-
sour
- sourish,
- dis contented,
- dis-contented,
- illtempered,
- more acidulated,
- more fermented,
- more grudging,
- more sourish,
- most acidulated,
- most fermented,
- most grudging,
- most sourish,
- un generous,
- un happier,
- un happiest,
- un happy,
- un ripe,
- un ripest,
- un savorier,
- un savoriest,
- un savory,
- un-generous,
- un-happy,
- un-ripe,
- un-riper,
- un-ripest,
- un-savorier,
- un-savoriest,
- un-savory,
- with a kick,
- with kick.
- painful
-
acid
- disintegrative,
- dissolvent,
- eating away,
- erosive,
- vinegary,
- vinegarish,
- anti alkaline,
- anti-alkaline,
- antialkaline,
- dis integrative,
- dis solvent,
- dis-integrative,
- dis-solvent,
- more anti alkaline,
- more anti-alkaline,
- more antialkaline,
- more bleaching,
- more corroding,
- more disintegrative,
- more dissolvent,
- more eroding,
- more erosive,
- more oxidizing,
- more vinegarish,
- more vinegary,
- most anti alkaline,
- most anti-alkaline,
- most antialkaline,
- most bleaching,
- most corroding,
- most dissolvent,
- most eroding,
- most erosive,
- most oxidizing,
- most rusting,
- most vinegarish,
- most vinegary.
- pungent
- sharp
- dry
-
rank
- semitropical,
- undisguised,
- Graveolent,
- strong-smelling,
- fructiferous,
- high growing,
- high-growing,
- highgrowing,
- in decent,
- in-decent,
- junglelike,
- more fructiferous,
- more graveolent,
- more high growing,
- more high-growing,
- more highgrowing,
- more semitropical,
- more strong smelling,
- more strong-smelling,
- more undisguised,
- most fructiferous,
- most graveolent,
- most high growing,
- most high-growing,
- most highgrowing,
- most junglelike,
- most semitropical,
- most strong smelling,
- most strong-smelling,
- most undisguised,
- out right,
- out righter,
- out rightest,
- out standing,
- out-right,
- out-righter,
- out-standing,
- over abundant,
- over grown,
- over-abundant,
- over-grown,
- pro fuse,
- pro-fuse,
- semi tropical,
- semi-tropical,
- strong smelling,
- un disguised,
- un mitigated,
- un-disguised,
- un-mitigated.
- fetid
- acidulous
- biting
- foul-smelling
- mordant
- musty
- putrid
-
rancid
- carious,
- curdled,
- feculent,
- putrefactive,
- putrescent,
- Olid,
- de composing,
- de-composing,
- evil smelling,
- evil-smelling,
- evilsmelling,
- more carious,
- more curdled,
- more decomposing,
- more evil smelling,
- more evil-smelling,
- more evilsmelling,
- more feculent,
- more olid,
- more putrefactive,
- more putrescent,
- more soured,
- more turned,
- most carious,
- most curdled,
- most decomposing,
- most evil smelling,
- most evil-smelling,
- most evilsmelling,
- most feculent,
- most olid,
- most putrefactive,
- most putrescent,
- most soured,
- most turned.
- sarcastic
- stinging
- abominable
- acrid
-
bitter
- morose,
- unsweetened,
- Absinthian,
- absinthal,
- be grudging,
- be-grudging,
- dis agreeable,
- dis pleasing,
- dis tasteful,
- dis-agreeable,
- dis-pleasing,
- dis-tasteful,
- in temperate,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in tensest,
- in-clement,
- in-temperate,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- more absinthal,
- more absinthian,
- more begrudging,
- more estranged,
- more unsweetened,
- most absinthal,
- most absinthian,
- most begrudging,
- most estranged,
- most unsweetened,
- un pleasant,
- un sweetened,
- un-palatable,
- un-pleasant,
- un-sweetened,
- with chip on shoulder,
- with chip shoulder.
-
crabby
- Chuffy,
- Mumpish,
- bad tempered,
- badtempered,
- chuffier,
- chuffiest,
- ill humored,
- illhumored,
- mis anthropic,
- mis-anthropic,
- more ill humored,
- more ill-humored,
- more illhumored,
- more mumpish,
- more nasty tempered,
- more nasty-tempered,
- more nastytempered,
- most ill humored,
- most ill-humored,
- most illhumored,
- most mumpish,
- most nasty tempered,
- most nasty-tempered,
- most nastytempered,
- most splenetic,
- nasty tempered,
- nasty-tempered,
- nastytempered,
- un-sociable.
- crisp
-
cursed
- cast out,
- infamous,
- unsanctified,
- voodooed,
- foredoomed,
- doggone,
- snakebit,
- be deviled,
- be-deviled,
- blankety blank,
- blankety-blank,
- blanketyblank,
- doggonest,
- ex communicate,
- ex-communicate,
- fore doomed,
- fore-doomed,
- hell fire,
- ill fated,
- illfated,
- in famous,
- in-famous,
- more blankety blank,
- more blankety-blank,
- more blanketyblank,
- more blighted,
- more foredoomed,
- more snakebit,
- more unsanctified,
- more voodooed,
- most bedeviled,
- most blankety blank,
- most blankety-blank,
- most blanketyblank,
- most blighted,
- most excommunicate,
- most foredoomed,
- most snakebit,
- most unsanctified,
- most voodooed,
- star crossed,
- starcrossed,
- un holier,
- un holiest,
- un holy,
- un-holier,
- un-holiest,
- un-holy,
- un-sanctified.
- cutting
- foul
- gruff
- keen
- malodorous
- noxious
-
rotten
- overripe,
- purulent,
- putrified,
- over-ripe,
- badsmelling,
- bad smelling,
- bad-smelling,
- dis integrated,
- dis integrating,
- dis-integrated,
- dis-integrating,
- more bad smelling,
- more bad-smelling,
- more badsmelling,
- more corroded,
- more crumbled,
- more disintegrating,
- more fecal,
- more festering,
- more infected,
- more moldering,
- more overripe,
- more perished,
- more purulent,
- more pustular,
- more putrified,
- more smelling,
- most bad smelling,
- most bad-smelling,
- most badsmelling,
- most corroded,
- most crumbled,
- most disintegrated,
- most disintegrating,
- most fecal,
- most festering,
- most infected,
- most moldering,
- most overripe,
- most perished,
- most pustular,
- most putrified,
- most smelling,
- over ripe,
- un sound,
- un sounder,
- un-sound,
- un-sounder,
- un-soundest.
- scathing
- smelly
-
sugary
- acid,
- bitter,
- cacophonous,
- discordant,
- malodorous,
- mean,
- salty,
- sour,
- stinking,
- stinky,
- ugly,
- unfriendly,
- unpleasant,
- unsavory.
- awful, detestable
- bitter, sour to taste
- all
- piercing, sharp
- pungent, sharp
- burning, corrosive
- short, curt in presentation
- damned, doomed for bad ending
- nasty, hateful
-
sarcastic, sharp-tongued
- dry.
- foul, rancid
-
sharp, piercing
- keen.
- stuffy, aged
- deadly, injurious
- highly flavored
- rotten, stinking
- rotten, strong-smelling
-
stinking, foul
- rank.
- decayed, decaying
- nasty, mocking in speech
- having a bad odor
-
bad-tasting; gone bad
- sour.
- nice-smelling
- friendly, kind
-
bitter, sour in taste or effect
- tart.
-
Other relevant words
- brut,
- sec,
- acidulated,
- abandoned,
- acrimonious,
- aggravating,
- alienated,
- annoying,
- argumentative,
- boorish,
- boring,
- churlish,
- commonplace,
- contemptible,
- contentious,
- contrary,
- crabbed,
- cruel,
- crusty,
- deplorable,
- depressing,
- despised,
- detestable,
- detested,
- discourteous,
- disheartening,
- disliked,
- dismal,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- dogged,
- doleful,
- dolorous,
- dreary,
- dull,
- estranged,
- exasperating,
- flat,
- forgotten,
- frightful,
- fussy,
- gamy,
- ghastly,
- gloomy,
- god-awful,
- grotesque,
- gruff,
- hated,
- heartbreaking,
- heinous,
- hellish,
- hideous,
- ignored,
- ill-favored,
- ill-mannered,
- impolite,
- inconsiderate,
- inflaming,
- infuriating,
- insipid,
- irritating,
- joyless,
- lachrymose,
- lamentable,
- lousy,
- lugubrious,
- maddening,
- miserable,
- monstrous,
- morose,
- mournful,
- nonsweet,
- odorless,
- perturbing,
- querulous,
- regrettable,
- rude,
- sad,
- sorrowful,
- stale,
- sullen,
- tedious,
- touchy,
- tragic,
- unappealing,
- unattractive,
- unbeloved,
- uncivil,
- ungracious,
- unhappy,
- unkind,
- unlikable,
- unlovable,
- unloved,
- unlovely,
- unmannerly,
- unmelodic,
- unmelodious,
- unsightly,
- unsociable,
- upsetting,
- vexing,
- vile,
- wretched,
- yucky,
- Dissatisfying,
- Outraging,
- Pleasureless,
- Revulsive,
- Unamiable,
- malodourous,
- peeving,
- ungenial,
- unfavorite,
- incensing,
- unscented,
- ill-smelling.
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Other antonyms
- caustic,
- disgusting,
- distasteful,
- grating,
- keen,
- loathsome,
- sharp,
- shrill,
- sickening,
- smelly,
- strident,
- strong,
- tasty,
- unpalatable,
- zesty.
Antonym of the day
doth to a turn
- Antonyms:
- abstain, avoid, bear.
