Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being sugary or sweet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The property of being sugary or sweet.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
  • noun the sweetness of sugar

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

sugary +‎ -ness

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sugariness.

Examples

  • I find out that in Disneyland you can experience increasing levels of sugariness, from frosted popcorn (moderately sweet), to marzipan Mickey Mouse-head-shaped pretzels (sweet), to marshmallows caked in caramel caked in chocolate caked in Smarties (unbearably sweet), and obviously I feel sick immediately afterwards and also guilty.

    Mickey Mouse, A-L-O-N-E Paolo Giordano 2011

  • This is two parts Maggi to one part "Dave's Insanity Sauce" Available on hundreds of web sites - the tastiest of all the super-hot sauces, with no hint of sugariness or vinigariness to spoil your dish.

    My Love for Maggi Seasoning Sauce - Maggi Sauce e d b m 2008

  • In fact, the crispiness of the meringue was perfectly complemented by the soft whipped cream, and their sugariness perfectly offset by the tangy cranberries.

    New Year Meringues Niki 2005

  • In fact, the crispiness of the meringue was perfectly complemented by the soft whipped cream, and their sugariness perfectly offset by the tangy cranberries.

    Archive 2005-01-01 Niki 2005

  • The sugariness of beets is sometimes put to use in chocolate cakes, syrups, and other sweets.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The sugariness of beets is sometimes put to use in chocolate cakes, syrups, and other sweets.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The sugariness of Taylor's poem is an indication of its objectal ambiencean immersive sliminess that threatens to drown the figure in the ground.

    'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' as an Ambient Poem; a Study of a Dialectical Image; with Some Remarks on Coleridge and Wordsworth 2001

  • "Of course, my dears," she said, with the sugariness of arsenic.

    The Saint on Guard Charteris, Leslie, 1907- 1943

  • SHE _comes in carrying a basket, full of fragrant plums; her hands are sticky from their sugariness, her hair tumbled_.

    Barks and Purrs 1873-1954 Colette 1913

  • You will say that this is no news, and that you never knew me possessed of the contrary qualities -- philanthropy and sugariness.

    Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Clement King Shorter 1891

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.