Meanings
adjectivesickly sweet (comparative more sickly sweet, superlative most sickly sweet)
comparative more sickly sweet · superlative most sickly sweet
- Too sweet; sickeningly sweet or sentimental.
Synonyms: sticky-sweet, saccharine, sugary, syrupy, treacly, bathetic, cheesy, squishy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveToo sweet; sickeningly sweet or sentimental.
Translations
French doucereux
- doucereuxtoo sweet
German picksüß, zuckersüß
- picksüßtoo sweet
- zuckersüßtoo sweet
Indonesian kemanisan
- kemanisantoo sweet
Māori āwenewene
- āwenewenetoo sweet
Polish słitaśny
- słitaśnytoo sweet
Spanish empalagoso
- empalagosotoo sweet
Swedish sliskig, sötsliskig
- sliskigtoo sweet
- sötsliskigtoo sweet
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APA
sickly sweet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickly%20sweet
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“sickly sweet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickly%20sweet. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sickly sweet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickly%20sweet.
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