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[ shoog-uh-ree ] / ˈʃʊg ə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sugary ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, containing, or resembling sugar. sweet; excessively sweet. honeyed; cloying; deceitfully agreeable: sugary words of greeting. Origin of sugaryFirst recorded in 1585–95; sugar + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM sugarysug·ar·i·ness, nounun·sug·ar·y, adjectiveWords nearby sugarysugar spoon, sugar the pill, sugar-tit, sugar tongs, sugar tree, sugary, Suger, suggest, suggestibility, suggestible, suggestion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sugaryChildren now get less of their calories from sugary beverages. Babies’ Skinny Moment: Obesity in Little Ones Drops 43 Percent|Brandy Zadrozny|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST No more chips, much less bacon, far less drinking (pop and alcohol alike), and a general aversion of sugary and salty foods. Bloomberg's Soda Ban Might Not Have Worked|Justin Green|April 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST Aaron Carroll highlights the findings of a study on limiting the sizes of sugary drinks. Bloomberg's Soda Ban Might Not Have Worked|Justin Green|April 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST The calorie savings from cutting back on sugary foods are major. How to Watch Out for Hidden Sugar and Replace With Leaner Substitutes|Diana Le Dean|February 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As sugary sweetmeats or “suckets” became more common among the rich, so the need for these forks increased. The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’|Bee Wilson|October 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Fruit large or very large; flesh semi-melting or juicy, sugary and of a distinct perfumed flavor. The Pears of New York|U. P. Hedrick Sweet apple juice bubbled to the surface through the half moons and burst in delights of sugary aroma. One Martian Afternoon|Tom Leahy He had a passion for stealing sugarall the door knobs were smeary and sticky where his sugary hands had reached to open the doors. Joan of the Journal|Helen Diehl Olds And upon her heels came Albert, wiping his sugary hands on his apron and looking very much astonished. The Root of All Evil|J. S. Fletcher "If Jo was not always so sugary sweet," was the general complaint. Hester's Counterpart|Jean K. Baird
British Dictionary definitions for sugary
adjectiveof, like, or containing sugar containing too much sugar; excessively sweet deceptively pleasant; insincere Derived forms of sugarysugariness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sugarysweet, sticky, cloying, sentimental, sappy, syrupy, granular, candied, honeyed, mawkish, unctuous, sugarcoated, flattering, pleasant, saccharine, glace, sacchariferous |