Meaning of toothachingly | Babel Free

Definitions

1. So as to cause toothache.
2. Overly in possession of an otherwise positive trait.
3. Painfully, irritatingly.

Examples

“Sweeter still — almost toothachingly so — are chongos zamoranos, a curious confection invented in Zamora in which milk, sugar and spices are boiled for about five days then laid away in syrup.”

“While this last⟳ could be eliminated for my taste⟳, the overall effect is not as toothachingly sweet as some of these cereals can get⟳.”

“I recall⟳ the taste⟳ of the rain⟳, sweet and toothachingly cold; the tiny blows of drops striking my eyelids; my halfbrother's laughter rippling in my ears.”

“These two truths coexisted in my mind⟳ without overlapping until I bit into a piece of crumb cake so texturally perfect (soft sliver of cake topped by a deep layer of grape-size crumbs), yet so toothachingly sweet that the only antidote was sucking on the lemon in my seltzer.”

“It's why McDonald's finally downsized its portions, why you can now bake a gluten-free version of the same Betty Crocker toothachingly sweet cake mix⟳ you enjoyed as a child.”

“A college teacher (that makes the heart sink⟳ to begin⟳ with), he has a literary reputation about which he is agreeably modest (toothachingly), and, since Seymour committed suicide in 1948, Buddy is, at forty, the eldest Glass child.”

“1991: The Amazing Story of The Fantasticks, by Donald C. Farber and Robert Viagas The critics complained that the show⟳ was toothachingly darling, though the consensus among its creators is that the show⟳ was removed from its open-stage concept and placed in a traditional proscenium environment, breaking the important connection between actor and audience.”

“Have⟳ you ever wondered how it is possible for someone to drive⟳ a motorised vehicle so toothachingly, nerverenderingly slow?”

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