syrupy
- cloying adj.
- glutinous adj.
- juicy adj.
- maudlin adj.
- mucilaginous adj.
- mushy adj.
- nostalgic adj.
- romantic adj.
- saccharine adj.
- schmaltzy adj.
- sentimental adj.
- slushy adj.
- sobby adj.
- soppy adj.
- soupy adj.
- sticky adj.
- sugary adj.
- sweet adj.
- tear-jerking adj.
- thick adj.
- viscid adj.
- viscose adj.
- viscous adj.
Example Sentences
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Led by Busby’s machine-gun mandolin riffs and hair-raising tenor, the band had a hard-edged bluegrass-style sound that was a far cry from the homogenized, syrupy country-and-western slop heard around town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Much like the fruit, the puffs are refreshing yet syrupy with a slight tartness.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
His bone-dry delivery makes it so that the sour is never too sharp and the sentimental is never too syrupy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
A new bakery cafe has just opened, offering ciabatta and sourdough loaves as well as hot cross buns, syrupy cakes, vegetable quiches and of course coffee.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Once inside, he and Sonia are given cups of Horlick’s, plates of syrupy, spongy rossogollas for which they have no appetite but which they dutifully eat.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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