sweetie
/ˈswiːti/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈswiːti/
sweetie
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Long vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
swee - tie -> sweetie
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ (Brit ) (ကလေးငယ်များအား ချစ်စနိုးအခေါ်) ချစ်ချစ်။
၂။ ကြင်နာစိတ်ရှိသူ။ Thanks for helping, you're a sweetie.
၃။ (ချစ်စနိုးအခေါ်) အချစ်။ Thank you, sweetie.
More examples
- ‘More than 2, 000 last week responded to a question sent out on a round-robin e-mail asking ‘Is a Kit Kat a biscuit or a sweetie?’’
- ‘Sometimes, only a bag of sweeties can ease the pain, eh?’
- ‘For some reason the Border towns (in Scotland the term ‘border’ refers to the region north of the border with England) showed particular prowess in making sweeties.’
- ‘Send her to the doorstep with the sweeties on Hallowe'en and she'll scare the bejaysus out of the kiddies.’
- ‘Another plea for technical help, with sweeties after for anyone who helps me.’
- ‘Cosmic chocolate cake, cookies and sweeties definitely kept the children's energy levels up for the remainder of the day.’
- ‘After that, it was hard to keep the lid on the sweeties.’
- ‘A hamper of goodies is delivered to your room, crammed with enough sugary treats to stock a tuck-shop: popcorn, chocolate and sweeties.’
- ‘I give away stickers and sweeties and poppers (bubble wrap) to the kids.’
- ‘But you'll never catch me at the local cinema - I can't stand it when people put their feet on your chair or munch bags of sweeties in your earhole.’
- ‘It's like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: as many sweeties as you like and you don't have to pay for any of them.’
- ‘The sweeties that came with coffee (little chocolatey, chewy nutty things) were accomplished.’
- ‘She bought a few essentials and some sweeties for the children.’
- ‘The Girls' Night In package fills you full of chocolate, sweeties, popcorn and ice-cream, but if you fancy a meal it is well worth ordering from the room-service menu.’
- ‘Love is a game, with rules and penalties, not a gift-wrapped box of sweeties, guaranteed to last until the sun goes down behind the mountaintops.’
- ‘We bought our usual drink, packet of sweeties, and bag of popcorn to share.’
- ‘Disgusted, frustrated and utterly deluded about what's going on here, we run for the comforting embrace of sweeties and calorie-laden treats.’
- ‘And if your kid acts up at home, you don't pull him aside and say ‘let's talk about your feelings, sweetie.’’
- ‘I don't think my sweetie and I can afford to move out of the country, so… I just don't know.’
- ‘She's such a sweetie… makes me want to get on Eurostar and personally help her with her finishing.’
Synonyms
darling, baby, honey, dear, love, dearest, beloved, sugar, precious, pet, babe, angel, apple of one's eye, bonbon, boyfriend, candy, chew, confection, confectionery, dear one, dearie, fair-haired boy, flame, friend, girlfriend, heart's desire, honeybunch, lamb, light of my life, light of one's life, lover, minion, mint, one and only, sweet, sweetheart, sweetmeat, treasure, truelove
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