sugar-plum
Old-fashioned boiled sweet
A sugar-plum is a small round candy, traditionally made of boiled sugar with flavoring.
The word survives mainly through "The Nutcracker," where visions of sugar-plums dance in children's heads and the Sugar Plum Fairy presides over the Land of Sweets.
Outside this context, sugar-plum sounds quaint and old-fashioned.
Sugary edible treats
- sweetTasting of sugar
- bonbonFilled chocolate candy
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- sugarcoatedMade artificially pleasant
comfit · fondant · marzipan · crystallized · candied fruit · gumdrops · lollipop · nougat
candy
Sugary edible treats
sugarcoated · comfit · fondant · marzipan · crystallized · candied fruit · gumdrops · lollipop · nougat · praline
sweetheart
Affectionate name for beloved
love · honey · beloved · precious · treasure · angel · pet · dearest · cutie · dove
sugar-plumbitter pill
Difficult thing to accept
wormwood · gall · vinegar · sour grapes · castor oil
sugar-plumbitter pill
Difficult thing to accept
slap in the face · kick in the teeth · cold comfort · hard truth · harsh reality
sugar, plum, sugars, sugared, sugaring, sugary, sugarless, plums, plummy