/ Dictionary / Index S sweetening: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: sweet•en•ing Pronunciation: (swēt'n-ing, swēt'ning), [key] — n. something that sweetens food, beverages, etc., as sugar, saccharine, etc. the process of causing something to be or become sweet. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: sweetening (Thesaurus) sweetener sweet flag Related Content Daily Word Quiz: paradox Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language