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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The smell hits first, garlic and char on skewered meat, chiles brushed over buns, oyster sauce mingling with the syrupy edge of black vinegar on sizzling noodles.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
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
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
“Number, please,” I say in the syrupy voice they taught us in the training I was forced to go to even though I’d already been trained by the United States Army.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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