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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In most standard hydraulic systems, fluid becomes syrupy and can affect everything from aircraft controls to missile launchers and radar masts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
Cherry is also excellent in savory contexts; I love it in rich gastriques and syrupy reductions, too, balanced with some stock or butter to help it decisively cross the line into savory.
From Salon ● May 6, 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
After that the afternoons faded away into syrupy mariachi and taco pop music, which the people tolerated with friendly bemusement.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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