SAUCED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in spicy

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verb

past tense of sauce

as in spiced

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Recent Examples of sauced

Adjective

Firehouse meals may conjure images of red-sauced spaghetti, but the pasta at Ladder 13 is a bit more upscale. — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026 Pici alla carbonara is a creamy-sauced pasta sprinkled with crispy guanciale and Pecorino Romano. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 But what looks good in the box often doesn’t hold up when sauced. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 June 2026 Layer on the sauced chicken and finish with a drizzle of homemade ranch dressing. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2026 The sauced spaghetti can be prepared and refrigerated up to 3 days in advance. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026 Supporters were spilling over each other in the stands and pressed up against the railings, sauced and sweaty and singing and cheering their boys on. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Stir in the pesto and half-and-half until the gnocchi are evenly sauced. — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Feb. 2026 Often, cranberries were simply dumped from a can, either jellied or sauced. — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sauced

Adjective

Take oyakodon, a saucy chicken and egg rice bowl, or mapo tofu, where spicy tofu sings with ground meat.

— Emily Laurence Sardinha, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026
Waiters in Tom Ford tuxedos, meanwhile, passed around crab cakes and spicy rigatoni—the signature dish of Carbone’s eponymous restaurant.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of spicy

Verb

Emma Bunton Presenter Emma Bunton spiced up the carpet in a black ensemble with a subtle sparkle from Annie’s Ibiza plus bangles and platform pumps.

— Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
But even among the crowd, there was one very clear winner that was quintessentially spiced and cidery.

— Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of spiced

Verb

His pastrami is flavored with the earthy, peppery hallmarks of ras el hanout, while the brisket eats like low-and-slow Texas barbecue, but with the sweet and savory notes of a traditional Ashkenazi brisket recipe.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The olives are co-milled with Meyer lemons, also grown on-site, so the final product is actually citrus-flavored—no chemicals involved.

— Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of flavored

Adjective

Eating Sweetened Foods With Protein Eating protein alongside sugary snacks can help stabilize your blood sugar and minimize the spikes that lead to a host of adverse health effects.

— Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2026
Premium water is a key part of its business as drinkers shift away from sugary sodas.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of sugary

Verb

This meant the next generations of stars, POP II and POP I, stars were progressively more metal-enriched.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
An operating commercial nuclear reactor in the United States is set to receive the world’s first fuel reload enriched beyond long-standing industry limits.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of enriched

Adjective

Acer Laptop Deals Acer Aspire Go 16 Deal Acer's budget laptops are reliable performers for students and on-the-go professionals, and the Aspire Go 16, with a $200 price drop post-Big Deal Days, is a sweet pickup.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
But the sum succeeds, teetering deliciously between sweet and savory.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of sweet

Verb

The destroyer has enhanced electrical power distribution and additional cooling capacity to support its advanced systems.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
If the liminal atmosphere in Backrooms, enhanced by the cinematography of Jeremy Cox, gave you a sense of dread, his camera work on Concrete Turned to Sand will take you into a very different space – oyster farms in British Columbia, Canada.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

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