Syrupy

//ˈsɪr.ə.pi// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the taste or consistency of syrup.
  2. 2
    With syrup.

    "Who doesn’t like crisp, hot, buttery-and-syrupy waffles?"

  3. 3
    Overly sweet.
  4. 4
    Overly sentimental. figuratively
Adjective
  1. 1
    with honey added wordnet
  2. 2
    overly sweet wordnet
  3. 3
    having a relatively high resistance to flow wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
honeyedviscousadhesiveambrosialamylaceousbittersweet

Example

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"The new generation of coffee drinkers, many of them young, black and upwardly mobile, are wrinkling their noses at wan, syrupy swill and asking for chic, pared-down concoctions with single-origin, fair-trade beans."

Etymology

From syrup + -y.

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