Meanings
comparative sugarier · superlative sugariest
- 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 - datedFond of sweets.
plural sugaries
- A place where maple-juice is manufactured.
- A place where sugar is manufactured.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecontaining sugar
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
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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Anagrams
Cite this entry
sugary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugary
“sugary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugary.
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