Standard Lemma guide

sugared

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: SH UH1 G ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of food or drink: containing sugar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Since starting my diet, I’ve stopped eating sugared breakfast cereals.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sugary

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Sweet, pleasant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of sugar

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

with sweetening added

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweetened, sweet, sweet-flavored

Antonyms: none provided

History

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 Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English sugared From sugar + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ensucrat — containing sugar
  • Cebuano: inasukaran — containing sugar
  • German: gezuckert — containing sugar
  • Hungarian: cukros — containing sugar
  • Italian: zuccherato — containing sugar
  • Kalmyk: шикртә (şikrtä) — containing sugar
  • Old Ruthenian: цꙋкро́ваный (cukróvanyj) — containing sugar
  • Spanish: azucarado — containing sugar
  • Turkish: şekerli — containing sugar