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zuccheroso

sugary

adjective tsook-keh-ROH-zoh Rare
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Also means

saccharine

Usage Note

Zuccheroso literally means 'full of sugar' but is very commonly used figuratively to describe speech, behavior, or art that is excessively sweet or sentimental (un film zuccheroso = a sickeningly sweet film). In this figurative sense it is mildly pejorative.

Examples

"Il suo tono di voce era zuccheroso e falso."

Natural Translation

Her tone of voice was sugary and fake.

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