sweet on

sweet on

English

Alternative forms

• sweet upon

Adjective

sweet on (comparative more sweet on, superlative most sweet on)

1. (informal) Enamored with; fond of.
   • 1874, Wilkie Collins, The Dead Alive, ch. 9:

     Silas had said, "John Jago is too sweet on Naomi not to come back."

   • 1917, Zane Grey, Wildfire, ch. 14:

     "Yes, I Am sweet on Lucy, an' she won't have me," said Slone, steadily. "I asked her to let me come to you an' tell you I wanted to marry her."

   • 2000 July 19, Tony Karon, "Drug Companies Are Supposed to Profit From Human Suffering," Time:

     And they behave as corporations are supposed to do, maximizing their profits . . . and pumping money into the political process to keep Washington sweet on their interests.'

   • 2007, P. M. Carlson, "Frightened Out of Fear" in Sisters on the Case, Sara Paretsky (ed.), →ISBN, p. 26 (Google preview):

     "Officer Degan is sweet on Johanna. I expect wedding bells any day."

Anagrams

• townees