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sugary

/ˈʃʊɡəɹi/

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Scotland/ˈʃʉɡəɾe/

sugary adjective: of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.

Adjective

sugary (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. (derogatory, figuratively) Exaggeratedly 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. (dated) Fond of sweets.

Noun

sugary (plural sugaries)

  1. A place where maple-juice is manufactured.
  2. A place where sugar is manufactured.

sugary meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

sugary in Hindi

covered with or containing a large amount of sugar
मीठा mīṭhā

sugary in Urdu

covered with or containing a large amount of sugar
میٹھا mīṭhā

sugary in Bengali

চিনিযুক্ত, অতি মিষ্ট

sugary in Malayalam

മധുരമുള്ള, പഞ്ചസാരപോലുള്ള
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sugary in Kannada
ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಸಹಿತವಾದ, ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಹಾಕಿರುವ, ಸಿಹಿಯಾದ, ಕರುಣೆಯಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದಂತೆ ಕಾಣವ

Examples of sugary in a sentence

  • I have a sweet tooth: I love sugary treats.
  • Plied with mugs of sugary cocoa, a frighteningly willing audience heeded the call of duty.
  • This recipe is inspired by those nostalgia-inducing spoonfuls of bacony, brown sugary–sweet, grill-side beans.

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Synonyms of sugary

Forms of sugary

Adjective
comparativesugarier
superlativesugariest
Noun
pluralsugaries

Origin of sugary

From sugar + -y.

Words formed from sugary

Phrases with sugary

Questions about sugary

What does sugary mean?
Sugary means of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
What is sugary in Hindi?
Sugary in Hindi is मीठा (mīṭhā). See Sugary meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sugary?
Sugary can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sugary?
Sugary is pronounced /ˈʃʊɡəɹi/ (UK).

Words near sugary in the dictionary

  1. sugarsweet
  2. sugartime
  3. sugartits
  4. sugarwater
  5. sugarworks
  6. sugary
  7. Sugas
  8. Sugata
  9. Sugaw Creek
  10. Sugawara
  11. Sugawaras

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sugary (page history and authors); sugary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sugary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sugary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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