sugary

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Australia, US, UK/ˈʃʊɡəɹi/Scotland/ˈʃʉɡəɾe/Northern Ireland/ˈʃʉɡəɹe/

adjective

Of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

adjectivesugary (comparative sugarier, superlative sugariest)

comparative sugarier · superlative sugariest

  1. Of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.

    By always having water on hand, you’ll be more likely to skip soda or other sugary beverages, which saves you a ton of calories.

    2015 June 19, Jennifer Cohen, “Always busy? 8 ways to stay fit”, in CNN

    Synonyms: sugared

  2. derogatoryfigurativelyExaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion.

    Whenever young lovers tied the knot, some wedding guest would inevitably beseech the reception band to play the sugary strains of this song.

    1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 163
  3. datedFond of sweets.
nounsugary (plural sugaries)

plural sugaries

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  4. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  5. Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
  6. Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
  7. Old Italianzucchero
  8. Old Frenchçucre
  9. Middle Englishsugre
  10. Englishsugar
  11. Englishsugary

From sugar + -y.

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Translations

Bulgarian захарен
  • захарен (zaharen)covered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Esperanto sukera
  • sukeracovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Estonian magus
  • maguscovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Finnish sokerinen
  • sokerinencovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
French mielleux
  • mielleuxcovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
German gezuckert, zuckerhaltig
  • gezuckertcovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
  • zuckerhaltigcovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
  • zuckrigexcessively sweet
  • süßlichexcessively sweet
  • übersüßtexcessively sweet
Hindi मीठा
  • मीठा (mīṭhā)covered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Hungarian cukros
  • cukroscovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Icelandic sætur
  • sæturcovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Italian zuccherino, zuccheroso
  • zuccherinocovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
  • zuccherosocovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
  • mellifluocovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
  • sdolcinatocovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
  • mielosocovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
  • zuccheriferocovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Japanese 甘い
  • 甘い (amai)covered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Norwegian Bokmål sukkerholdig
  • sukkerholdigcovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Polish cukrowy, przesłodzony
  • cukrowycovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
  • przesłodzonyexcessively sweet
Portuguese açucarado
  • açucaradocovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Romanian mieros
  • mieroscovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Russian сла́дкий
  • сла́дкий (sládkij)covered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Scottish Gaelic milis
  • miliscovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Spanish dulce
  • dulcecovered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Ukrainian солодкий
  • солодкий (solodkyj)covered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Urdu میٹھا
  • میٹھا (mīṭhā)covered with or containing a large amount of sugar
Welsh siwgraidd
  • siwgraiddcovered with or containing a large amount of sugar

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APA

sugary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugary

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“sugary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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