Meanings
- The property of being sugary or sweet (either literally or figuratively).
- uncountableThe amount or degree of containing sugar (saccharides).
The sugariness of the sauce went well with the tartness of the citrus fruit.
Antonyms: tartness, sourness, bitterness
- figurativelyuncountableThe amount or degree of some emotional trait such as complaisance, politeness, or kindness.
Near-synonyms: sweetness, saccharinity (both often synonymous)
1 more example
The sugariness of her reply was ambiguous: was it placation, or a veiled dismissal, or merely warm hospitality?
Synonyms: sweetness, saccharinity · Antonyms: tartness, sourness, bitterness, frostiness, dourness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe amount or degree of containing sugar (saccharides).
nounThe amount or degree of some emotional trait such as complaisance, politeness, or kindness.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
- Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
- Old Italianzucchero
- Old Frenchçucre
- Middle Englishsugre
- Englishsugar
- Englishsugary
- Englishsugariness
Translations
Finnish sokerisuus
- sokerisuusproperty of being sugary
French sucrosité
- sucrositéproperty of being sugary
Italian mielosità
- mielositàproperty of being sugary
Korean 꿀맛
- 꿀맛 (kkulmat)property of being sugary
Cite this entry
sugariness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugariness
“sugariness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugariness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugariness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugariness.
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