Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sugary

/ˈʃʊɡəɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: sug-ary
IPA: /ˈʃʊɡəɹi/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.

adj

Exaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion.

Derogatory

adj

Fond of sweets.

Dated

noun

A place where maple-juice is manufactured.

noun

A place where sugar is manufactured.

Example Sentences

"By always having water on hand, you’ll be more likely to skip soda or other sugary beverages, which saves you a ton of calories."
"Whenever young lovers tied the knot, some wedding guest would inevitably beseech the reception band to play the sugary strains of this song."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sugary From sugar + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈʃʊɡəɹi/
British English: /ˈʃʊɡəɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sugarier (comparative) sugariest (superlative) sugaries (plural)

Derived Forms

nonsugary oversugary sugarily sugariness unsugary

Phrases

brown-sugary maple sugary

Frequently Paired Words

brown-sugary

Synonyms

sugared

Questions

How do you pronounce sugary?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃʊɡəɹi/.
What does sugary mean?: Of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
Where does sugary come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sugary From sugar + -y.

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