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sticky-sweet

sticky-sweet adjective: synonym of sickly sweet.

Adjective

sticky-sweet (comparative more sticky-sweet, superlative most sticky-sweet)

  1. Synonym of sickly sweet.
    • Improbable language and unclear characterization hobble this sticky-sweet story.2003, School Library Journal: SLJ, volume 49, page 164
    Synonyms:
    sickly sweet

Synonyms of sticky-sweet

Forms of sticky-sweet

comparativemore sticky-sweet
superlativemost sticky-sweet

Questions about sticky-sweet

What does sticky-sweet mean?
Sticky-sweet means synonym of sickly sweet.
What part of speech is sticky-sweet?
Sticky-sweet is an adjective.

Words near sticky-sweet in the dictionary

  1. sticky-icky
  2. sticky-note
  3. sticky-notes
  4. sticky-out
  5. sticky-outy
  6. sticky-sweet
  7. sticky-tape
  8. sticky-taped
  9. sticky-tapes
  10. sticky-taping
  11. sticky-up

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