Meanings
present singular third person sugars up · participle present sugaring up · participle past sugared up · past sugared up
- informaltransitiveTo add sugar to (something).
I sugared up your coffee.
- informaltransitiveTo give sugary foods to others to eat.
Please don't sugar up the kids tonight.
- informaltransitiveTo flirt with and give signals of romantic intent for the purposes of seduction
She's been sugaring him up for months.
- informaltransitiveTo make (something) more attractive; to touch up to add appeal.
I sugared up my stories to get those guys on my side.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of suck up (to adulate or flatter).
Cite this entry
sugar up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20up
“sugar up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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