📖 Definitions of "Treacly"
adjective
- 1
(of a liquid) thick and sticky
- 2
Consisting of treacle, or cloying sentimental speech
🔄 Synonyms of "Treacly"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| saccharinenoun | (figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. |
| sweetnoun | Tasting of sugars. |
| cloying | Excessively sweet. |
| syrupy | Overly sweet. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Treacly"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cloying | Excessively sweet. |
| sweetnoun | Tasting of sugars. |
| saccharinenoun | (figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. |
| syrupy | Overly sweet. |
| treacley | Alternative form of treacly. [(of a liquid) thick and sticky] |
| treacled | Covered with treacle. |
| treaclelike | Resembling or characteristic of treacle. |
| claggynoun | (of mud, tar, glue or the like) Sticky or tacky. |
| tacky | (colloquial) Of low quality. |
| adhesivenoun | a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion |
| glutinous | Glue-like, sticky, viscid. |
| sticky | Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. |
| cloggynoun | Tending to cause clogging due to its texture; lumpy; sticky. |
| gloppynoun | (informal) gooey and viscous. |
| pastynoun | A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape. |
| gluggynoun | (informal) Liquid and viscous; moving slowly when poured. |
| viscous | Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity). |
| agglutinative | (grammar) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning. |
| daubynoun | Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive. |
| thick | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
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