oversweet

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adjective

Too sweet; excessively sweet.

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Meanings

adjectiveoversweet (comparative more oversweet, superlative most oversweet)

comparative more oversweet · superlative most oversweet

  1. Too sweet; excessively sweet.

    Operetta is tricky: potentially as sparkling and sophisticated as Champagne, it is often produced today as a kind of Kool-Aid punch, overbright and oversweet and with very little appeal to a discriminating audience.

    2007 January 27, Anne Midgette, “Operetta and Weill in Front; Moving Shadows in Back”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cloying

Origin

From over- + sweet.

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Cite this entry
APA

oversweet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversweet

MLA

“oversweet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversweet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversweet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversweet.

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