Meanings
nounsangaree (countable and uncountable, plural sangarees)
plural sangarees
- countableuncountableA mixed drink common in the West Indies, similar to sangria and usually featuring wine or fortified wine and spices.
And who but July would know […] that she liked her sangaree, not with the juice of a lime, but embittered with the peel from a lemon.
2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), pages 71–72
verbsangaree (third-person singular simple present sangarees, present participle sangareeing, simple past and past participle sangareed)
present singular third person sangarees · participle present sangareeing · participle past sangareed · past sangareed
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Likely an alteration of sangria
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APA
sangaree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sangaree
MLA
“sangaree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sangaree. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sangaree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sangaree.
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