sugary

/'ʃugəri/

Thân thiện

He avoids sugary snacks like candy and soda.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Containing sugar or tasting like sugar: Describing something that has sugar as an ingredient or has a sweet taste. 2. Excessively or cloyingly sweet in manner or tone: Describing speech, behavior, or sentiment that is overly sentimental, flattering, or insincere.

Usage and Examples

• Literal meaning (containing sugar):
  • The doctor advised him to avoid sugary drinks like soda.
  • This cereal is too sugary for my taste.
• Figurative meaning (excessively sweet):
  • I don't trust his sugary compliments; they seem insincere.
  • The movie's ending was overly sugary and sentimental.

Advanced Usage

• "sugary-sweet": An intensified form emphasizing an extreme level of sweetness, either literal or figurative.
  • The frosting was a sugary-sweet pink color.
  • Her sugary-sweet voice was starting to annoy everyone.

Variants and Related Words

• Sugar (n): The sweet crystalline substance.
• Sugariness (n): The quality or state of being sugary.
• Sugar-coated (adj): Literally covered in sugar; figuratively, describing something unpleasant presented in an attractive way.
  • He gave a sugar-coated version of the bad news.

Synonyms

• Sweet: The most general synonym for the taste.
• Syrupy: Often used figuratively for overly sentimental speech or writing.
• Cloying: Unpleasantly over-sweet or sentimental.
• Saccharine: Literally a type of sweetener; figuratively, meaning excessively sweet or sentimental to the point of being insincere.

Antonyms

• Bitter: Having a sharp, unpleasant taste.
• Sour: Having an acidic taste.
• Tart: A sharp, acidic taste.
• Acrid: Bitter and unpleasant in taste or smell.

Idioms and Common Phrases

• While "sugary" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is used in descriptive phrases like "sugary tone" or "sugary smile" to describe a disingenuously pleasant demeanor.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. containing sugar
   • he eats too much sugary food