sug ‧ ar ‧ y /ˈʃʊɡəri/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . containing sugar, or tasting like sugar:
sugary foods
2 . language, emotions etc that are sugary are too nice and seem insincere:
She said goodbye in a sickeningly sugary tone.
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THESAURUS
▪ sweet sweet food or drink has had sugar added or contains natural sugars:
Italian oranges are very sweet.
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a cup of hot sweet tea
▪ sugary sweet because a lot of sugar has been added:
Sugary foods are bad for your teeth.
▪ sickly British English tasting unpleasantly sweet:
The dessert was rather sweet and sickly.
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a sickly sweet fruit drink
▪ cloying tasting or smelling unpleasantly sweet:
I find strawberry and peach drinks too cloying.
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the cloying smell of fish oil