"sickly sweet" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more sickly sweet [comparative], most sickly sweet [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} sickly sweet (comparative more sickly sweet, superlative most sickly sweet)
  1. Too sweet; sickeningly sweet or sentimental. Synonyms: sticky-sweet, treacly Translations (too sweet): doucereux (French), picksüß (German), zuckersüß (German), āwenewene (Maori), słitaśny [slang] (Polish), empalagoso (Spanish), giung (Sundanese), sliskig (Swedish), sötsliskig (Swedish)

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