Synonyms for syrupy
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Saccharine — overly sentimental
saccharine, treacly, cloying, thick, sappy US, maudlin, gooey informal, mushy, drippy, slushy, twee UK IE, kitschy, icky informal, cutesy, precious, schmaltzy, mawkish, soupy, soppy UK, sentimental, hokey informal US, bathetic
2. Sugary — overly sweet
Definitions
- adj. 1
Overly sweet.
- adj. 2
Overly sentimental.
Example sentences
- maudlin Tom always gets maudlin when he's on the booze.
- cloying I thought it was cloying and trite.
- viscous Condensed milk is more viscous than normal milk.
- honeyed I brought you these delicious honeyed figs.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| syrupy | rising | |
| saccharine | steady | |
| maudlin | rising | |
| cloying | rising | |
| treacly | rising | |
| viscous | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- icky, twee
- 5 letters
- sweet1, thick1, gooey2, mushy2, sappy, hokey2, soupy2, soppy2
- 6 letters
- sugary3, cutesy2, slushy, drippy
- 7 letters
- viscous2, maudlin2, cloying2, honeyed, kitschy, mawkish2, treacly, syruped
- 8 letters
- precious2, bathetic
- 9 letters
- schmaltzy, nectarous, syruplike
- 10 letters
- saccharine3
- 11 letters
- sentimental4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gooey2 = 2 syllables).