syrupy

Speech parts

1. syrupy - Adjective

2. syrupy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.

Same as Sirup, Sirupy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

saccharine viscous honeyed cloying honied treacly heavy soupy sweetish soft thick emotional romantic sweet precious
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Antonyms

down-to-earth hard controlled cold DRY flat
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Related terms

maple-syrupy cough-syrupy

Phrases with the word

syrupy person maple-syrupy cough-syrupy

Examples

Mr. Rogers gave aid and comfort to homosexuals. He was a man who preached tolerance of all sorts of people in ways that directly contradicted the Bible. His syrupy teachings led millions astray. He was a wuss and he was an enabler of wusses. Fred Phelps

There are no new stories. It all depends on how you handle them. In romances the characters are going to fall in love with each other; you know that when you see the syrupy cover. It's how get there that's the fun. Jude Deveraux

What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.Or does it explode? Langston Hughes

First, brandy is used to deglaze the pan, then wine and stock are added and simmered down until syrupy. Source: Internet

And then, as the leg began to kick out, his left hip drove toward home plate and only then did he pull the ball out of his glove with a long, syrupy arm swing—down, up and through. Source: Internet

It’s somehow more refined than other Belgian witbiers, maintaining a lightness of body and flavor that’s not too sweet or syrupy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

syrupily syrupiness syruplike syrupy person Syryenian Sys Rq