🍬treacly

adjective
/ˈtriːkli/

Meaning

Excessively sweet or sentimental, like treacle.

Example Sentences

The movie was too treacly for my taste.

Synonyms

syrupy, saccharine, cloying, sentimental

Antonyms

bitter, harsh, realistic

Collocations

treacly tone, treacly music, treacly sentiment, treacly writing

Related Vocabularies

having a bad reputation; not considered respectable or trustworthy
Having a very unpleasant smell.
Characterized by optimism, certainty, or something favorable.
Relating to or using force or threats to make someone do something.
resembling or suggestive of earth or soil; simple, natural, and sometimes coarse
liable to decay quickly; short-lived

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