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View definitions for oversweet

oversweet

adjective as in cloying

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Of course she used too much perfumed white powder, and as she passed you caught the oversweet breath of a certain heavy scent.

Unfermented, freshly drawn from the tree in the cool of the morning, it is a pleasant and refreshing drink, if somewhat oversweet.

It would be oversweet at first, and bitterer than wormwood afterwards, as our former civility was.

Whereby the oversweet moon of honey changes itself into long years of vinegar; perhaps divulsive vinegar, like Hannibal's.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to oversweet, such as: gooey, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, and syrupy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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