oversweet

English

Etymology

over- +‎ sweet

Adjective

oversweet (comparative more oversweet, superlative most oversweet)

  1. Too sweet; excessively sweet.
    • 2007 January 27, Anne Midgette, “Operetta and Weill in Front; Moving Shadows in Back”, in New York Times‎:
      Operetta is tricky: potentially as sparkling and sophisticated as Champagne, it is often produced today as a kind of Kool-Aid punch, overbright and oversweet and with very little appeal to a discriminating audience.
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