"sugary" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈʃʊɡəɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sugary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sugarier [comparative], sugariest [superlative]
Etymology: sugar + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sugar|y}} sugar + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} sugary (comparative sugarier, superlative sugariest)
  1. Of food, drink, etc, containing or covered with a large amount of sugar. Synonyms: sugared Translations (covered with or containing a large amount of sugar): захарен (zaharen) (Bulgarian), sukera (Esperanto), magus (Estonian), sokerinen (Finnish), mielleux (French), gezuckert (German), zuckerhaltig (German), मीठा (mīṭhā) (Hindi), cukros (Hungarian), sætur (Icelandic), sukra (Ido), sukrizita (Ido), zuccherino (Italian), zuccheroso (Italian), mellifluo (Italian), sdolcinato (Italian), mieloso (Italian), zuccherifero (Italian), 甘い (amai) (alt: あまい) (Japanese), dulse [Latin] (Ladino), njálggat (Northern Sami), sukkerholdig (Norwegian Bokmål), dushi (Papiamentu), cukrowy (Polish), açucarado (Portuguese), mieros (Romanian), сла́дкий (sládkij) (Russian), milis (Scottish Gaelic), dulce (Spanish), солодкий (solodkyj) (Ukrainian), میٹھا (mīṭhā) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-sugary-en-adj-Dhzgbh~8 Disambiguation of 'covered with or containing a large amount of sugar': 94 2 5
  2. Exaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion. Translations (excessively sweet): zuckrig (German), süßlich (German), übersüßt (German)
    Sense id: en-sugary-en-adj--~-ypD4Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 65 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 59 25 Disambiguation of 'excessively sweet': 23 43 34
  3. (dated) Fond of sweets. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-sugary-en-adj-BzEg5WlD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonsugary, oversugary, sugarily, sugariness, unsugary Related terms: brown-sugary

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "covered with or containing a large amount of sugar",
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      "sense": "covered with or containing a large amount of sugar",
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      "sense": "covered with or containing a large amount of sugar",
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      "sense": "covered with or containing a large amount of sugar",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "covered with or containing a large amount of sugar",
      "word": "dulce"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "covered with or containing a large amount of sugar",
      "word": "солодкий"
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      "roman": "mīṭhā",
      "sense": "covered with or containing a large amount of sugar",
      "word": "میٹھا"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excessively sweet",
      "word": "zuckrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excessively sweet",
      "word": "süßlich"
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