sugary
- adjective
- /ˈsʌɡəri/
- He avoided sugary snacks to maintain a healthy diet.
- sugary drinks
- sugary soda
- sugary food
Just switch out one thing, like stop drinking sugary drinks, right?
- Just switch out one thing, like stop drinking sugary drinks, right?
- They want you to get you addicted to this sugary shitty food.
- Let's not eat sugary, fatty foods so often, right?
- Like, you try to avoid sugary things as well.
- Sorry I didn't suck down apple pies and sugary pastries.
- Oh, Kulata is a very sugary drink that'll make you feel ill violently.
- So animals of all kinds, mice, rats and humans will prefer sugary taste to non sugary taste.
- I think it's more like wine, but like extremely sugary.
- Oh, God, no, No, no, no, no, no Sugary fruity rum drinks.
Examples
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- Okay that's it for today I've got an open class in 10 minutes, I want you to stretch a lot before bed and I want you to drink lots of water and I want you to stay away from the sugary stuff okay?
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Everything is just sweet, sugary goodness.
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Let them run around a while, feed them something sugary, and send them home.
Fiction book (2000) -
Just switch out one thing, like stop drinking sugary drinks, right?
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Another thing would be staying away from those sugary foods, and sugary drinks.
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Closing her eyes, she brought her finger to her lips, tasting the sugary milk.
Fiction book (1999) -
Promote the consumption of healthy beverages and reduce the intake of sugary drinks.
Academic text (2012) -
People should generally be advised to reduce or avoid processed foods, refined carbohydrates, and sugary foods and drinks.
Academic text (2014) -
Many children love to eat sugary cereals for breakfast.
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During the party, we enjoyed an array of sugary desserts like cakes and candies.
Synonyms
Having a taste like sugar, as in candy
With sugar added to make it sweet
Looks or tastes sweet and bright like candy
Tasting like sugar or honey
Made to taste sweet by adding sugar or honey
Tasting, smelling, or looking like candy
Antonyms
Compounds
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sugary comes from sugar, a word that came into English from languages in India and the Arab world and originally named the sweet crystals used to make food taste 'sweet'. So something sugary is full of sugar or tastes very 'sweet'.