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oversweet

oversweet adjective: too sweet; excessively sweet.

Adjective

oversweet (comparative more oversweet, superlative most oversweet)

  1. Too sweet; excessively sweet.
    • Operetta is tricky: potentially as sparkling and sophisticated as Champagne, it is often produced today as a kind of Kool-Aid punch, overbright and oversweet and with very little appeal to a discriminating audience.2007 January 27, Anne Midgette, “Operetta and Weill in Front; Moving Shadows in Back”, in New York Times

Forms of oversweet

comparativemore oversweet
superlativemost oversweet

Origin of oversweet

From over- + sweet.

Words formed from oversweet

Questions about oversweet

What does oversweet mean?
Oversweet means too sweet; excessively sweet.
What part of speech is oversweet?
Oversweet is an adjective.

Words near oversweet in the dictionary

  1. oversweating
  2. oversweats
  3. oversweep
  4. oversweeping
  5. oversweeps
  6. oversweet
  7. oversweeten
  8. oversweetened
  9. oversweetening
  10. oversweetens
  11. oversweetly

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