sugary

UK: /ˈʃʊgəri/ US: (shŏŏg′ə rē)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sug•ar•y  (shŏŏg′ə rē), adj. 

1. of, containing, or resembling sugar.
2. sweet;
   excessively sweet.
3. honeyed;
   cloying;
   deceitfully agreeable:
   sugary words of greeting.

• sugar + -y¹ 1585–95

sug′ar•i•ness, n. 

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sugary / ˈʃʊɡərɪ/ adjective

1. of, like, or containing sugar
2. containing too much sugar; excessively sweet
3. deceptively pleasant; insincere

ˈsugariness noun

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sug•ar /ˈʃʊgɚ/   n. 

1. Chemistry, Biochemistry a sweet, crystalline substance made esp. from sugarcane and the sugar beet;
   sucrose:
   [uncountable] two cups of sugar.
   [countable] I'd like two sugars for my coffee, please.
2. Chemistry, Biochemistry [countable] any other plant or animal substance of the same class of carbohydrates, as fructose or glucose.

v. [~ + object]

3. to cover, sprinkle, mix, or sweeten with sugar.

sug•ar•less, adj. 
sug•ar•y, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sug•ar  (shŏŏg′ər), n. 

1. Chemistry a sweet, crystalline substance, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages;
   sucrose. Cf. beet sugar, cane sugar. 
2. Chemistry a member of the same class of carbohydrates, as lactose, glucose, or fructose.
3. (sometimes cap.) an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., esp. by a male to a female).
4. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter S.
5. Slang Terms money.
6. Drugs, Slang Terms [Slang.] LSD

v.t. 

7. to cover, sprinkle, mix, or sweeten with sugar.
8. to make agreeable.

v.i. 

9. to form sugar or sugar crystals.
10. to make maple sugar.
11. sugar off, (in making maple sugar) to complete the boiling down of the syrup in preparation for granulation.

• Arabic sukkar; obscurely akin to Persian shakar, Greek sákcharon (see sacchar-)
• Italian zucchero
• Medieval Latin succārum
• Middle French sucre
• Middle English sugre, sucre (noun, nominal) 1250–1300

sug′ar•less, adj. 
sug′ar•like′, adj.