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Adjective syrupy has 3 senses
- cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly - overly sweet
Antonym: sour (indirect, via sweet)
- syrupy, viscous - having a relatively high resistance to flow
Antonym: thin (indirect, via thick)
- honeyed, honied, syrupy - with honey added
Antonyms: sugarless, nonsweet (indirect, via sugary)
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Definitions from the Web
Syrupy
Adjective:
- Having a thick, sticky, and sweet consistency, similar to syrup.
- Excessively sentimental, cloying, or overly sweet.
Example sentences:
- The pancakes were soaked in syrupy sweetness.
- She found the romantic movie's syrupy ending to be predictable and saccharine.
Noun:
- A type of liquid sweetener consisting mostly of sugar dissolved in water.
- A thick, viscous liquid or substance.
Example sentences:
- I drizzled syrupy maple syrup all over my waffles.
- The syrupy substance slowly dripped down the sides of the container.
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