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View synonyms for syrupy

syrupy

or sir·up·y

[ sur-uh-pee, sir- ]

adjective

  1. having the appearance or quality of syrup; thick or sweet:

    syrupy coffee.

  2. sentimental or saccharine; mawkish:

    a syrupy manner; a syrupy poem.



ˈsyrupy

/ ˈsɪrəpɪ /

adjective

  1. (of a liquid) thick or sweet
  2. cloyingly sentimental

    a syrupy version of the Blue Danube

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of syrupy1

First recorded in 1700–10; syrup + -y 1
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Example Sentences

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Cherry is also excellent in savory contexts; I love it in rich gastriques and syrupy reductions, too, balanced with some stock or butter to help it decisively cross the line into savory.

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I halved them, added a splash of vanilla, a drizzle of honey, a pinch of sea salt, and roasted them until their edges browned and the juices pooled in syrupy puddles.

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Ice wine is made from grapes that freeze on the vine and are pressed while still frozen, creating a sweet, almost syrupy dessert wine.

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His bone-dry delivery makes it so that the sour is never too sharp and the sentimental is never too syrupy.

Tan: The wine was promising up until that syrupy finish.

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